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Sharia law could be part of UK legal system: top judge
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers [official profile; JURIST news archive] said Thursday that there may be applications of Sharia law in the British legal system during a speech at the East London Mosque and L (More) |
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DOJ admits overlooking military law in Supreme Court child rape case
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that it had mistakenly failed to brief the Supreme Court on the existence of a military law allowing capital punishment for child rape before the court decided the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana [Du (More) |
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California death penalty system 'dysfunctional': state commission
Nearly $100 million in annual funding is needed to fix California's "dysfunctional" prison system, according to a state commission's report [PDF text; press release] released Monday. The California Commission on the Fair Administra (More) |
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US fails to protect against unlawful executions: UN investigator
The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said [statement, PDF; video, (More) |
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Thousands died while in India police custody: rights group
India's National Human Rights Commission should create a special department to investigate deaths in police custody, the Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) said in a Wednesday report [PDF text; press release]. The report found that over 7,0 (More) |
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Child rape should remain punishable by death: politicians
A number of politicians have denounced Wednesday's US Supreme Court ruling [Kennedy v. Louisiana opinion text; JURIST report] that the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment for the rape of a child. At a press conference, Democra (More) |
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Child rape capital punishment ruling [US SC]
Kennedy v. Louisiana, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in child rape, Sixth Amendment, Exxon damages cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down four decisions Wednesday, including Exxon v. Baker [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report], in which the Court ruled 5-3 to reduce a punitive damages award to be paid by Exxon (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in right to counsel, sentencing, standing cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down three decisions Monday, including Rothgery v. Gillespie County [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report], in which the Court ruled 8-1 that a person accused of a felony has the r (More) |
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Alleged Equatorial Guinea coup plotter downplays involvement as verdict looms
The trial of British national Simon Mann [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], charged with participating in an alleged coup attempt against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo in 2004, concluded on Friday with his defense lawy (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.
