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Ohio changes lethal injection procedures after execution delay incident
Terry Collins , director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has set forth several changes in Ohio's lethal injection protocol in a report and letter addressed to Ohio Governor Bob Taft made public Wednesday. The changes (More) |
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New Saddam trial on Anfal charges set for August 21
Saddam Hussein and at least six co-defendants will face a second trial beginning August 21 for allegedly killing 100,000 Kurds during the so-called "Anfal" operation in northern Iraq in the 1980s, the Iraqi High Tribunal said Tuesday. T (More) |
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Kansas death penalty ruling [US SC]
Kansas v. Marsh, Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 2006 . Read the Court's majority opinion per Justice Thomas, along with a concurrence from Justice Scalia, a dissent from Justice Stevens and a second dissent from Justice Souter, join (More) |
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UN rights expert demands investigation into death of Saddam lawyer, assails court
UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has called for the Iraqi government to begin an independent investigation into the murder of Khamis al-Obeidi , a lawyer representing Saddam Hussein in his crimes again (More) |
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Supreme Court strikes down Vermont campaign finance law
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday handed down decisions in five cases, including Randall v. Sorrell [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST report], consolidated with two other cases, where the Court struck down Verm (More) |
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Hussein believes US will use death penalty to force him to stop insurgency: NYT
Saddam Hussein knows that a death sentence awaits him at the end of his trial {JURIST news archive] before the Iraqi High Tribunal for alleged crimes against humanity, but his lawyer says Hussein believes the US will use his sentence as leverage to (More) |
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Philippines president signs law abolishing death penalty
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo [official profile; JURIST news archive] of the Philippines Saturday signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty. The law repeals the country's 12-year old death penalty and converts all current death p (More) |
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Saddam ends hunger strike protesting latest lawyer murder
Saddam Hussein and his seven co-defendants ended a brief hunger strike late Thursday after Hussein missed only one meal. Hussein began the hunger strike in protest of the murder of one of his defense lawyers early Wednesday morning and to highli (More) |
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US defends legitimacy of Saddam trial after lawyer murdered
US State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli has said that the trial of Saddam Hussein is fair and legitimate, despite the murder of a third defense lawyer Wednesday morning. In a press briefing Wednesday, Ereli stated:The trial of Saddam Hu (More) |
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Abolishing the Death Penalty: Leadership Needed
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, says that progressive politicians in abolitionist and non-abolitionist countries alike - in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere - need to inform, educate and (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.
