Legal papers belonging to Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks were among those seized by US investigators in a probe into the June suicides of three other Guantanamo inmates – a Yemeni and two Saudis – at the US military prison in June, according to Australian media reports Monday. The seizure of Hicks' material and similar [...]
US v. Padilla, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, August 21, 2006 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
US District Judge Marcia Cooke has dismissed one of the charges brought against terror suspect Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, ruling that the charge is "multiplicitous" and violates the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. In an order made available Monday, Cooke dismissed Count 1 of the indictment , [...]
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday called on all states to standardize their criminal statutes dealing with sexual predators during a speech given at the 18th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas. Gonzales praised most states for their efforts in rewriting statutes to effectively charge, convict, sentence, and punish sexual predators, but called [...]
A Russian court on Monday rejected the case against former Russian Atomic Minister Yevgeny Adamov , citing factual errors in court filings, and told prosecutors to develop the case further before presenting it to the court a second time. Adamov is charged with fraud and abuse of power for allegedly using US government funds from [...]
The Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) , charged with overseeing the July presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, released the provisional results of the election on Monday, and announced that a run-off between President Joseph Kabila , who won 45 percent of the vote, and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba , who won 20 [...]
A judge in Missouri heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging a Missouri law requiring voters to show photo identification before being permitted to vote. The class-action lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction against enforcement of the law was filed by Democratic Party officials in July. The bench trial began Monday and the defense plans to [...]
UK authorities on Monday charged 11 people in connection with the foiled terror plot to bomb airplanes crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Eight were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and with preparing acts of terrorism, a violation of Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006 , for the alleged plan to manufacture a bomb to [...]
A hearing in China's case against former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan has been scheduled for Friday, Zhao's lawyer announced on Monday. Zhao is charged with providing state secrets to foreigners, and faces a possible prison sentence of 10 years. The court could render a verdict during the hearing, which was previously delayed in [...]
UN nuclear inspectors said Monday that Iran has denied them access to an underground nuclear site, and UN officials said that by refusing to allow access Iran may be in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Meanwhile, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iran's supreme leader, said Monday that the country would continue to pursue nuclear technology. [...]
