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US Senator introduces Guantanamo habeas corpus bill
US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has introduced a bill to create rules and guidelines for legal challenges brought by future Guantanamo Bay detainees and enemy combatants captured by US forces. Graham introduced the Terrorist Detention Review Ref (More) |
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Khadr trial suspended after opening arguments
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainla (More) |
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US military jury recommends 14-year sentence for Guantanamo detainee
A US military jury on Wednesday recommended a 14-year sentence for Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. Al Qosi agreed to a plea deal Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges of consp (More) |
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Jury selection begins in Khadr military trial
The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] began Tuesday with jury selection, despite international criticism of the proceedings. Khadr pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and terroris (More) |
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Guantanamo detainee agrees to plea deal at military tribunal
Sudanese Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Monday reached a plea agreement with the US government setting out the maximum sentence he can receive at his military tribunal . The details of (More) |
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US military judge rules Khadr confessions admissible at trial
US military judge Army Colonel Patrick Parrish on Monday ruled that confessions by Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] are admissible evidence in his US military commission trial. Khadr's US military law (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to block Khadr military trial
The US Supreme Court on Friday refused to block the military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. The Supreme Court issued a one-line order denying the Khadr's petition for a stay. The order ha (More) |
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CIA removed terror suspects from Guantanamo to avoid due process: AP
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) transferred several high-profile prisoners to Guantanamo Bay to await trial in 2003, only to transfer them back into the CIA's network of secret prisons so they would not be entitled to lawyers and access to U (More) |
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Canada court orders release of Khadr brother
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the release of Abdullah Khadr, the brother of Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] after staying a US extradition request. Abdullah Khadr has been detain (More) |
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Khadr lawyer petitions Supreme Court to stay proceedings
A US military lawyer for Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] filed an emergency petition with the Supreme Court on Monday, seeking to stay proceedings in Khadr's military commission. The petition asks (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
