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International brief ~ US to request UN resolution on UN peacekeepers in Darfur
Leading Tuesday's international brief, US President George W. Bush has announced that the United States will be asking the UN Security Council to accelerate Sudan's acceptance of UN troops to supplement the struggling African Union peacek (More) |
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Witness testimony underway in second DC sniper trial
John Allen Muhammad , representing himself, began questioning witnesses Friday in his second trial involving the three-week shooting spree in the Washington, DC area in 2002. Jury selection in the trial began on Monday . In his opening statement, (More) |
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Juror says Moussaoui seen as minor part of Sept. 11 plot
Jury members in the Moussaoui sentencing trial [JURIST news archive; case docket] recommended a life sentence for convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui because several jurors believed that Moussaoui only played a minor role in the plot (More) |
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What the Moussaoui Verdict Teaches Us
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Jonathan Hafetz, a lawyer with the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, says that the Zacarias Moussaoui verdict demonstrates that the best way to promote national security and democracy in t (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge confirms Moussaoui life sentence
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema has accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison without the possibility of release. After determining that Moussaoui was eligible for the death penalty during the fi (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison
The jury in the Moussaoui sentencing trial [JURIST news archive; case docket] has recommended that Zacarias Moussaoui be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Moussaoui pleaded guilty last year to six conspiracy charges i (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui jury reaches verdict
AP is reporting that the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for seven days. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges last year. The jury has already determined that Moussaoui is el (More) |
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Yemen lifts ban on newspapers that published Muhammad cartoons
Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their licens (More) |
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Ethiopia treason trial of opposition leaders, rights activists begins
A group of 111 opposition politicians, rights activists, aid workers and journalists went on trial Tuesday in Ethiopia on charges of treason, inciting violence and attempting to commit genocide, despite calls from human rights groups for their rele (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in blame-shifting evidence, Medicaid reimbursement cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] ruled Monday in three cases, including Holmes v. South Carolina [Duke Law case backgrounder; JURIST report], 04-1327, where the Court struck down a South Carolina rule which prevented Holm (More) |
Congress approves first Patent Act
On April 10, 1790, Congress approved America's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" the rights to a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the U.S. Patent Board, the precursor to the modern U.S. Patent Office.
Read the current U.S. Patent Act from the Cornell University Law School, and read A History of the Early Patent Office by Kenneth W. Dobyns.
