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Iraq court sentences UK contractor to 20 years for shootings
An Iraqi court on Monday sentenced former British solider Danny Fitzsimons to 20 years in prison for the shooting deaths of two of his colleagues in August 2009. Fitzsimons, who was working as a contractor for the UK security firm, ArmorGroup, now a (More) |
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China drops death penalty for 13 non-violent crimes
The standing committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC) on Friday amended the national criminal law to remove 13 offenses from the list of crimes subject to the death penalty . Those removed are non-violent economic crimes and include s (More) |
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South Korea charges 5 captured Somali pirates
South Korean prosecutor Jeong Jeom-Shik announced Friday that five Somali pirates captured in January have been charged with six offenses, including attempted murder, maritime robbery and kidnapping. The attempted murder charge carries with it a po (More) |
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India appeals court upholds death sentence for Mumbai gunman
The Bombay High Court on Monday upheld the conviction and death sentence of Pakistani national Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the only surviving gunman of the three-day siege of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that killed 166 in Novemb (More) |
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Tennessee judge finds new lethal injection procedures constitutional
A Nashville judge ended a four-month moratorium on executions Wednesday, declaring Tennessee's modified method of lethal injection constitutional. In November, Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman ruled that the state's method of lethal inj (More) |
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Iran lawmakers urge death penalty for opposition leaders
Iranian lawmakers called Tuesday for opposition leaders to face trial and death after Monday's clash with security forces. Thousands of Iranians protested Monday in solidarity with Egypt's revolt against ousted president Hosni Mubarak . Pro-governme (More) |
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Malaysia court charges suspected Somali pirates
Seven suspected Somali pirates appeared Friday in Malaysian court charged with firearms offenses and, if convicted, they could face the death penalty. Malaysia is the first Asian country to take formal legal action against suspect pirates. Under th (More) |
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Despite substantial improvements China's civil and political rights remain stalled
Joshua Rosenzweig [Senior Manager of Research and Hong Kong Operations, The Dui Hua Foundation]: The past several years have been frustrating ones for those who hoped that growing international engagement with China would result in improvements in hu (More) |
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Accused Arizona gunman indicted
Accused Arizona gunman Jared Lee Loughner [JURIST news archive; case materials] was indicted [text, PDF; press release] Wednesday by a federal grand jury in Tuscon, Arizona. He is charged with attempting to assassinate a member of Congress and two (More) |
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Supreme Court rules on application of AEDPA, effective assistance of counsel
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled in Harrington v. Richter [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the section of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) limiting federal revie (More) |
RFK assassin sentenced to death
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was denied parole for the 12th time in March 2003.
