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Moussaoui testimony conflicts with statements from 9/11 mastermind
Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] sentencing trial were left in a quandary Monday after hearing conflicting testimony from Moussaoui and Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , the alleged mastermind behind the Sept. 11 attacks . (More) |
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Afghan Christian convert released from prison as asylum search continues
Afghanistan's Justice Minister said Tuesday that authorities have released Abdul Rahman , the Afghan man who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam to Christianity. Sarwar Danish did not provide any legal details, but prosecutors ha (More) |
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Christian convert in Afghanistan seeking foreign asylum: UN
Abdul Rahman , currently facing the death penalty in Afghanistan for converting from Islam to Christianity, has appealed for asylum, UN spokesman Adrian Edwards said Monday. Earlier Monday, several hundred people responded to a judge's decisio (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui testifies he was to fly 5th 9/11 plane into White House
AP is reporting that al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has testified that he and "shoe bomber" Richard Reid were meant to hijack a fifth airplane and fly it into the White House as part of the Sept. 11 attacks . Moussaoui took the (More) |
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Moussaoui testimony expected as defense gets underway in sentencing trial
The sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui on Monday enters what analysts expect to be a critical week, with testimony from Moussaoui and other key witnesses. Prosecutors concluded their case for giving Moussaoui the death penalty last Thursday, (More) |
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Afghanistan clerics lead protest against release of Christian convert
Several hundred people led by Islamic clerics protested in Afghanistan Monday against the suggested release of a man who converted from Islam to Christianity. The religious leaders called for Abdul Rahman to be tried under Islamic sharia law which (More) |
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Afghan court sends Christian convert case back for review as release arranged
Afghan officials said Sunday they were preparing to release a man possibly facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity from Islam after a judge sent the case of Abdul Rahman back to prosecutors, ruling that he lacked enough evidence to (More) |
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Supreme Court orders death penalty case reargued to break tie
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] said Friday that it will rehear oral arguments for death penalty case Kansas v. Marsh [Duke Law backgrounder; merit briefs] so that Justice Samuel Alito can break a tie in the deadlocked (More) |
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Muslim clerics call for execution of Christian convert in Afghanistan
Leading Muslim clerics have urged that Afghanistan ignore international pressure and execute Abdul Rahman for converting from Islam to Christianity. "The people will kill him if he is freed," declared the chief cleric of a Kabul mosque, (More) |
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Prosecutors in Moussaoui sentencing trial conclude
Prosecutors concluded their case in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui Thursday with the testimony of former FBI agent Aaron Zebley, who claimed that the FBI would have been able to trace records and identify 11 of the 19 hijackers if Mouss (More) |
Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis
On April 7, 529 - Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe.
Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis from the University of Wyoming College of Law.
