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Sixth Circuit rejects Ohio lethal injection challenge
A three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit threw out a lawsuit challenging Ohio's death penalty procedure Friday on the grounds that the claim was filed too late. In the 2-1 opinion [Cooey v. Strickland text, PDF], ju (More) |
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Florida panel recommends changes to lethal injection procedures
A Florida commission convened to investigate the botched December execution of Angel Diaz determined Thursday that more oversight is necessary to ensure inmates are properly sedated before execution. Currently Florida uses the chemicals sodium pen (More) |
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US court rejects habeas petition of Saddam VP facing Iraqi death sentence
The US District Court for the District of Columbia ruled Tuesday that it has no jurisdiction to block the Iraqi death sentence for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive]. Ramadan was convicted [ (More) |
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Federal judge rejects Sudan motion to dismiss USS Cole suit
US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss filed by the government of Sudan in a lawsuit brought by families of sailors killed in the 2000 bombing of the USS C (More) |
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Maryland judge suspends lethal injection reports until death penalty status resolved
US District Judge Benson Legg Monday suspended a requirement that the Maryland Attorney General submit proposals for using medical professionals to conduct lethal injections until such time as the controversy over the status of the state's cap (More) |
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Right-wing France leader pledges death penalty restoration
Jean-Marie Le Pen , leader of France's far-right National Front , kickstarted his fifth bid to become president Sunday with an announcement of plans to reintroduce the death penalty just days after the French parliament voted to amend the Fren (More) |
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Montana Senate approves capital punishment abolition bill
The Democratic-controlled Montana Senate voted 27-21 Friday to give second-reading approval to a bill [text, PDF; procedural history] that would eliminate the death penalty in Montana. Third reading is slated for February 24 before the measure goe (More) |
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UN rights expert compares Israeli occupation violations to apartheid
An independent report by UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories John Dugard [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] to be presented to the 4th session of the UN Human Rights Council [official website; JURIST news arch (More) |
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US soldier sentenced to 100 years for Mahmudiya rape-murder
US Army Sgt. Paul E. Cortez received a 100-year prison sentence Thursday for his role in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in the Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") area last March. Cortez pleaded gui (More) |
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Maryland governor asks legislators to repeal death penalty
The new governor of Maryland testified before legislators Wednesday that the state's death penalty should be abolished because it is "inherently unjust," ineffective as a deterrent and a drain on resources. Gov. Martin O'Malley ( (More) |
India sues Union Carbide over Bhopal industrial disaster
On April 8, 1985, the government of India filed a lawsuit against the Union Carbide Corporation for the Bhopal industrial disaster in which forty-two tons of methyl isocyanate gas was released from the pesticide plant of a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The disaster initially killed 2,000 Indians and injured another 200,000. These injuries led to another 16,000 deaths as a result of exposure to the gas. In 1989, the parties reached a $470 million settlement out of court.
Learn more about the Bhopal industrial disaster from the Bhopal Gas Tragedy Relief and Rehabilitation Department of the government of Madhya Pradesh.
