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Ohio's execution of Kenneth Biros an experiment on involuntary human subject
Richard Dieter [Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center]: "In a rapid sequence of events, the state of Ohio has abandoned its longstanding commitment to the standard method of lethal injection, adopted a new protocol (and even more (More) |
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Capital sentence reversal [US SC]
Porter v. McCollum, et al., US Supreme Court, December 1, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the death penalty. (More) |
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Ex-US soldier appeals civilian trial in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Former US soldier Steven Green on Monday challenged the law used to convict him in civilian court for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya. Green filed an appeal in the US Court of (More) |
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Supreme Court reverses death sentence in post-traumatic stress disorder case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday reversed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that had affirmed a death sentence for a veteran convicted of murder who suffered from post-traumatic st (More) |
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Federal appeals court rules Ohio executions can resume
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the execution of Kenneth Biros could proceed as scheduled, overturning a stay of execution issued by the district court last month. The appeals court held Wednesday that the change to t (More) |
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Ohio death penalty stay ruling [6th Circuit]
Biros, et al. v. Strickland, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, November 25, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the death penalty. (More) |
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Russia Constitutional Court extends moratorium on death penalty
The Constitutional Court of Russia on Thursday extended the moratorium on the death penalty until the Russian parliament ratifies an international treaty abolishing capital punishment. In 1997, Russia signed, but did not ratify, Protocol 6 of the (More) |
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Ohio to adopt single-drug lethal injection protocol
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction director Terry Collins announced Friday that the state would adopt a single-drug lethal injection protocol, replacing its current three-drug method. The state undertook a review of its lethal inject (More) |
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DC sniper executed after Virginia governor denies appeal for clemency
Convicted DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed by lethal injection Tuesday night after Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine rejected Muhammad's request for clemency and refused to suspend the execution. The US Supreme Court on Monday h (More) |
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Supreme Court hears business method patent, Eighth Amendment cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Monday in three cases. In Graham v. Florida [oral arguments transcript, PDF; JURIST report], the Court heard arguments questioning whethe (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.
