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Human rights groups condemn execution of 15 in Jordan
In response to the mass execution of 15 people in Jordan on Saturday, several human rights groups, including Amnesty International (AI) , condemned the hanging as being secretive and conducted "without transparency. This mass execution was largest e (More) |
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Arkansas Supreme Court allows planned executions to go forward
The Arkansas Supreme Court issued an order on Thursday stating there is no stay in place preventing the execution of eight inmates schedule for next month. The order came after Attorney General Leslie Rutledge requested that the court clarify tha (More) |
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Mississippi Senate approves gas chamber and electrocution as execution options
The Mississippi Senate on Thursday voted in favor of adding more ways to carry out the death penalty. House Bill 638 , which passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives on February 8, would expand Mississippi's methods of execution to incl (More) |
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Philippines moves forward death penalty legislation
The House of Representatives of the Republic of the Philippines voted Wednesday to advance a proposal to reinstate the death penalty for "drug-related heinous crimes." The legislation would impose the death penalty for several enumerated offenses, (More) |
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UN urges member states to end use of death penalty
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein reaffirmed the UN's long-standing position against the death penalty Wednesday and urged member states to end its use. In his opening statement at the biennial high-level panel discussion (More) |
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Report: Thailand prisons failing to meet international standards
Prisons in Thailand are failing to meet international standards, according to a report published Tuesday by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) . The report discussed how Thailand has the sixth highest prison population in the worl (More) |
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Supreme Court adds 3 cases, denies review in death penalty challenge
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases following its February 24 conference. Among the cases that were denied review was a case involving a constitutional challenge to the death penalty. The petitioner in Reed v. Louisiana (More) |
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UN Security Council condemns terrorist attack in Baghdad
The UN Security Council on Wednesday condemned the February 16 terrorist attack in Baghdad that left at least 55 people dead. A terrorist group linked to the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the attack, which was report (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in favor of death row inmate over racial bias
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday Buck v. Davis in favor of a death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing. The inmate, Duane Buck, claims that his own lawyers stated during trial that he was more likely to cause future harm due to the colo (More) |
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Supreme Court denies review in lethal injection case
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lethal injection case from Alabama, over the dissent of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer. The appeal was filed by inmate Tommy Arthur, who was challenging the method of his execution (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.
