In a reversal of judgment, the American Bar Association on Monday lowered its rating of White House aide and nominee to the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Brett Kavanaugh from "well qualified" to "qualified" . A majority of committee members recommended Kavanaugh as "well qualified" when his nomination was previously sent to [...]
JURIST has won the Webby People's Voice Award as the best Law website of 2006. Called the "online Oscars" by TIME magazine and presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences , the "Webbys" are the leading international awards honoring excellence in Web design, creativity, usability and functionality. Winners were announced in New [...]
Lawyers acting for former Kenyan transport minister Chris Murungaru will appear in the High Court in London on Tuesday to challenge a travel ban imposed last summer to prevent him entering the country. The ban appears to have been prompted by corruption accusations made against Murungaru in Kenya that forced him out of the country's [...]
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Monday sentenced former Bosnia Croat militia commander Ivica Rajic to twelve years in prison for leading an October 1993 attack against civilians living in Stupni Do, a Bosnian Muslim village. Originally pleading not guilty to the 10 charges levied against him, Rajic subsequently submitted to a [...]
New UK Home Secretary John Reid admitted on Monday that the number of serious offenders among convicted foreign criminals released from custody in the UK by administrative error before deportation reviews may be double of what was first suspected. The new figure given by Reid was 150, up from the 90 announced by former Home [...]
Order denying motion by Zacarias Moussaoui to withdraw guilty plea. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonime M. Brinkema, May 8, 2006. Read the full text of the order . reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here
Federal judge Leonie Brinkema late Monday afternoon quickly rejected a surprise bid by September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui , officially sentenced only last Thursday to life in prison, to withdraw his guilty plea and obtain a new trial. In a brief Order Brinkema said:Defendant’s Motion to Withdraw must be summarily denied on the basis of [...]
Review of the second periodic report of the United States, UN Committee Against Torture, May 5/8, 2006 . Read summaries from May 5 and May 8. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here
The floor of the Afghan parliament has witnessed its first outbreak of violence, with lawmakers physically and verbally assaulting a controversial female legislator who called several of the country's mujahedeen leaders criminals unfit for public office. Female colleagues of 27-year old anti-fundamentalist women's health worker Malalai Joya threw plastic bottles at her and male lawmakers [...]
All US personnel are prohibited from using torture when interrogating terror suspects and other detainees, US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger told the UN Committee against Torture Monday during a second day of questioning in an annual review of the United States' compliance with the Convention against Torture . Bellinger and Deputy US [...]
