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France terror expulsion policy lacks basic safeguards: HRW report
France's practice of expelling non-citizens accused of links to violent extremism lacks sufficient procedural safeguards and undermines human rights , according to a report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch . The report found that the cu (More) |
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Missouri lethal injection procedures ruled constitutional
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that Missouri's lethal injection procedures do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment , making it possible for lethal injections to resume in th (More) |
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Ethiopia seeking death penalty for former dictator convicted of genocide
Ethiopian special prosecutor Joseph Kiros told Reuters Friday that the Ethiopian government will seek to raise the sentence of convicted former dictator Mengistu Haile Miriam [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] from a life in prison to the death pena (More) |
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Italy prisoners appeal for death penalty reinstatement
Hundreds of Italian prison inmates have sent a letter [La Repubblica report, in Italian] to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano asking him to restore the country's death penalty. More than 300 of the 1,300 prisoners serving life sentences sign (More) |
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Former FBI chief applauds latest efforts to extend DNA testing
Former FBI Director William S. Sessions Wednesday applauded recent efforts to extend DNA testing, especially for the benefit of prisoners facing the death penalty. In a JURIST op-ed, Sessions said that a proposal by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) (More) |
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DNA Evidence and the Death Penalty
JURIST Special Guest Columnist and former FBI Director William S. Sessions says that Governor Eliot Spitzer's recent proposal to expand the New York DNA database and an Ohio Supreme Court ruling liberalizing DNA testing for inmates should be welcomed (More) |
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Schwarzenegger proposes new California death penalty protocol
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger submitted a capital punishment proposal [report, PDF; fact sheet] Tuesday in an effort to persuade US District Judge Jeremy Fogel to lift a moratorium on executions in the state. The proposal includes the const (More) |
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'Chemical Ali' denies Anfal chemical weapons use
Ali Hassan al-Majid, known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali" , told the Iraqi High Tribunal Thursday that he did not use or issue an order to use chemical weapons against Kurdish rebels in the late 1980s. During defense closing argume (More) |
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Zimbabwe court OKs Brit extradition to Equatorial Guinea for coup plot charges
A Zimbabwe court ruled Wednesday that British national Simon Mann could be extradited to Equatorial Guinea to face charges of plotting a coup against Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo . Mann's defense team had argued ag (More) |
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Tennessee resumes lethal injection executions after moratorium expires
Tennessee executed its first death row inmate Wednesday after a moratorium on executions [executive order, PDF; JURIST report] imposed by the governor in February expired earlier this month. Philip Workman's execution had been postponed five tim (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
