The US Army has announed that it has reopened an investigation into the death of Mohammad Munim al-Izmerly, an Iraqi scientist who died after 10 months in US custody. Al-Izmerly was alleged to have experimented with the use of poisons on prisoners during Saddam Hussein's regime. When his death came to light last May, the [...]
Schiavo v. Schiavo, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Judge James Whittemore, March 25, 2005 . Read the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
The New York Court of Appeals , the state's highest court, ruled Thursday that the New York City Fire Department must release portions of audiotapes and transcripts from 911 calls related to the 2001 terrorist attacks. Specifically, it held that the Fire Department must release the operator's side of the conversations, but due to privacy [...]
The UN Security Council Thursday unanimously voted to send over 10,000 peacekeepers to Sudan in an effort to monitor a peace deal intended to end a 21-year civil war. The resolution sidesteps issues regarding sanctions for war crimes in the country's Darfur region. In late January, a UN backed council declared that crimes against humanity, [...]
US District Judge James Whittemore has denied a second emergency request from Terri Schiavo's parents to reconnect the brain-damaged woman's feeding tube. Whittemore denied a first request on Tuesday , but after that was unsuccessfully appealed all the way to the US Supreme Court lawyers for the Schindlers filed an amended complaint on new legal [...]
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Friday, March 25. Today is Good Friday, and most UN, EU and many US government offices and courts are closed for the holiday. The US Senate and US House are in recess until April 4.
Internet Communications, Federal Elections Commission , March 24, 2005 . Read the full text of the draft guidelines here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
In re Schiavo v. Schindler, Circuit Court for Pinellas County, Judge George Greer, March 24, 2005 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
Letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the General Assembly, United Nations, March 24, 2005 . Excerpt: In particular, the revelations in 2004 of sexual exploitation and abuse by a significant number of United Nations peacekeeping personnel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have done great harm to the name of peacekeeping. Such [...]
AP is reporting that the Florida Supreme Court has refused to overturn Judge George Greer's order of earlier this afternoon blocking the Florida Department of Children and Familes from taking custody of Terri Schiavo. Read the order .
