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China court sentences 4 more to death for Xinjiang riot killings
A Chinese court Tuesday sentenced four more people to death in connection with the July Xinjiang riots . The Intermediate People's Court of Urumqi sentenced eight others to life in prison and one to the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, wh (More) |
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India court rejects Mumbai terror attack suspect's request for international trial
An Indian court on Monday rejected a request by suspected Mumbai terror attack [BBC Backgrounder; JURIST news archive] gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab to be tried in an international court. Kasab claimed he would not receive a fair trial in India (More) |
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Ineffective assistance of counsel ruling [US SC]
Wood v. Allen, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on ineffective assistance of counsel. (More) |
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Supreme Court rejects ineffective assistance of counsel claim in capital case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday ruled 7-2 in Wood v. Allen [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a state court reasonably concluded that, during the sentencing phase of a capital case, the defense (More) |
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Supreme Court remands Mumia case to reconsider death sentence
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday issued two per curiam opinions , remanded the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal , and denied a preliminary injunction to Michigan in a dispute over Asian carp. The Court granted certiorar (More) |
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UN rights chief criticizes proposed Uganda legislation against homosexuality
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday strongly criticized [press release; UN News Centre report] proposed legislation in Uganda which would implement harsh punishments for homosexual behavior, including the death penalty in s (More) |
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DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] and an attempted attack on a Danish newspaper. Th (More) |
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Mongolia president suspends death penalty
Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia announced Thursday that he would suspend the death penalty and commute the sentences of all prisoners currently on death row to 30 years in prison. In a lengthy speech to the Mongolian Parliament, Tsakhia cal (More) |
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AEDPA habeas contravention ruling [US SC]
Smith, et al. v. Spisak, US Supreme Court, January 12, 2010 [holding unanimously that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit contravened the directives of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act by extending Mills v. Maryland to reso (More) |
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Supreme Court reverses Sixth Circuit in federal habeas case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Smith v. Spisak [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit contravened the directives of the Antiterroris (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.
