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US study finds widespread racial discrimination in jury selection in South
A report released Tuesday by the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) details continued widespread racial discrimination in jury selection in Southern states. EJI conducted research in eight southern states over a two-year period and found that the prac (More) |
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Rights group condemns Libya executions
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday condemned the recent execution of 18 people in Libya . The executed were charged with pre-meditated murder and several were foreign nationals from Chad, Egypt, and Nigeria. AI reiterated their opposition to th (More) |
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China judicial authority bans use of evidence obtained through torture
China's Supreme People's Court announced Sunday that evidence obtained through violence or intimidation will be barred [China Daily report] from use in criminal trials and death penalty cases. The new regulations require prosecutors to prov (More) |
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UN SG calls for global reform of anti-gay laws
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Saturday for gay rights reform throughout the international community. Praising Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika for his Friday decision to pardon a gay couple recently sentenced to 14 years in prison (More) |
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India court charges ex-MP in connection with anti-Sikh riots
An Indian court on Friday charged Sajjan Kumar , a former member of the Parliament of India in the ruling Congress Party , in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots . Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta of the Northeast District of Delhi charg (More) |
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Supreme Court to decide if leniency plea delays habeas statute of limitations
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari in one case. In Wall v. Kholi [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the court will decide whether a state court sentence-reduction motion consisting of a plea for le (More) |
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The Case for Trying Terrorism Suspects in Federal Court
JURIST Guest Columnists Victor Hansen and Lawrence Friedman of New England Law | Boston say that fear and politics notwithstanding, trial in US federal court will be the best option in most, if not all, terrorism cases.... Since President Bush firs (More) |
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Convicted Mumbai terrorist better serves Indian security interests if kept alive
Animesh Roul [Executive Director, Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict] "Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist in the November 2008 Mumbai attacks has been sentenced to death by the court yesterday, May 6. Kasab was fou (More) |
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India court sentences Mumbai gunman to death
An Indian court on Monday sentenced to death Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in November 2008 that killed 166. Kasab was convicted of murder and waging war (More) |
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India prosecutors seeking death penalty in Mumbai terror trial
Indian prosecutors on Tuesday argued for the death penalty for Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] in November 2008 that killed 166. Kasab was convicted of mur (More) |
WWI gas attack on Canadians led to first chemical weapons ban
On April 24, 1915, the German army used chlorine gas against Canadian troops at Ypres. Gas was later employed by British and French forces against the Germans.
Learn more about early efforts by the Red Cross to ban chemical weapons and review the June 1925 Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare.
