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Davis death penalty hearing order [US SC]
In re: Troy Anthony Davis, US Supreme Court, August 17, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the death penalty. (More) |
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Supreme Court orders lower court to review death row habeas case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ordered a federal court in Georgia to consider the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis . Davis had filed an original writ of habeas corpus directly in the Supreme Court (More) |
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Iraq homosexuals being targeted by militias: HRW
Iraqi Shiite militia are systematically torturing and killing gay men without government repercussions, according to report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to the report, violence against men perceived as gay or too "f (More) |
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Burundi urged to punish perpetrators of human rights violations during civil war
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the government of Burundi to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations during the country's 16-year armed conflict. HRW released the statement on the fifth anniversary of the Gat (More) |
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Military tribunal finds CIA techniques irrelevant to detainee competency hearing
A military tribunal has ruled that lawyers for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be made aware of what interrogation techniques were used on him by the CIA prior to his transfer to Guantanamo Bay , according to a Monday report (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds death sentence for DC sniper
A three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Friday upheld the death sentence handed down to DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad . In his appeal, Muhammad alleged "nondisclosure of exculpatory information by the pr (More) |
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DC sniper death penalty ruling [4th Circuit]
Muhammad v. Kelly, US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, August 7, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on capital punishment. (More) |
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China executes former airport executive for bribery and embezzlement
Chinese authorities on Friday executed the former head of the company that owns the Beijing Capital International Airport, after he was convicted of bribery and embezzlement. Li Peiying, former chairman of the Capital Airports Holding Company , was (More) |
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International trend to abolish death penalty makes continued US support untenable
Richard C. Dieter [Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center]: "The fact that fewer countries employ the death penalty and that the number of executions worldwide declined last year should serve as a wake-up call to the United States. (More) |
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Executions down worldwide: report
Anti-death-penalty group Hands Off Cain said Wednesday that the number of countries with capital punishment, as well as the total number of executions was down in 2008 from the previous year. According to the group, at least 5,727 executions were (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.
