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Rwanda military court convicts priest in genocide case
A Rwandan military court Thursday convicted a Roman Catholic Rwandan priest of genocide for rape and assisting the Hutu massacre of Tutsis during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. Father Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, who was (More) |
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US soldier pleads guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
US Army Spc. James P. Barker pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in the Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") area in March. Barker, who will be spared fro (More) |
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Court-martial ordered for last accused in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
US Marines Sgt. Lawrence G. Hutchins III will face court-martial for his role in the April kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania [USMC timeline; JURIST news archive], the US Marine Corps announced Tuesday. Hutchins faces charges o (More) |
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Supreme Court refuses to halt transfer of US citizen facing Iraqi death penalty
The US Supreme Court Monday denied an application by US citizen Mohammad Munaf for a temporary injunction postponing his transfer to Iraqi custody where he faces the death penalty for his involvement in a 2005 kidnapping in Iraq. Munaf, who was (More) |
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California death penalty instruction ruling [US SC]
Ayers v. Belmontes, Supreme Court of the United States, November 13, 2006 . Read the court's opinion per Justice Kennedy, along with a concurrence from Justice Scalia and a dissent from Justice Stevens. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Russia may extend death penalty moratorium
Russia may effectively extend a death penalty moratorium [Pravda report] for three years if the State Duma passes a bill shifting the deadline for introducing jury trials in Chechnya from January 1, 2007, to January 1, 2010. The Russian Constitut (More) |
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Supreme Court upholds California death penalty jury instruction
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday upheld California's "catch-all" jury instruction for death penalty cases, ruling that the instructions provide adequate opportunity for jurors to weigh evidence tha (More) |
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Dalai Lama calls for Saddam to be spared
The Dalai Lama called Sunday for the sparing of Saddam Hussein's life in the face of the death sentence imposed on him last Sunday in the Dujail crimes against humanity case, telling reporters "however horrible an act a person may have c (More) |
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Colorado Amendment 44 campaign
Steve Fox [Executive Director, Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation]: "The purpose of the Amendment 44 campaign in Colorado was to stimulate a debate in the state about the rationality of laws that allow adults to use alcohol while prohibi (More) |
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Top China judge urges courts to impose fewer death sentences
Xiao Yang, president of the Supreme People's Court in China, has encouraged Chinese courts to refrain from passing death sentences , telling judges to always lean toward life when possible . Xiao's comments, reported in the state media Thu (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.
