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US Supreme Court agrees to hear Florida death row appeal
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear the appeal of a Florida death row inmate who is challenging the lethal injection method that is to be used in his execution. Justice Kennedy granted a last minute temporary stay of execution Tuesda (More) |
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Moussaoui defense to argue mental illness at sentencing trial
Defense attorneys for admitted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui on Tuesday notified the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia of their plans to call expert witnesses to support their argument that Moussaoui should be spared from the de (More) |
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UPDATE ~ Army flip-flops, says new death penalty rules not for terror detainees
A US Army spokesperson late Tuesday clarified the military position on the application of new military death penalty rules [JURIST document; JURIST report] to terror detainees, saying the rules would not apply to them and correcting a contrary state (More) |
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Army says new death penalty rules may apply to Guantanamo detainees
A US Army spokesperson said Tuesday that new military death penalty regulations [JURIST document; JURIST report] may also apply to enemy combatants. The new rules, which enable the army to determine the location for executions "imposed by mili (More) |
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Procedures for Military Executions [US Army]
US Army Corrections System: Procedures for Military Executions, US Army, January 17, 2006 . Read the full text of the regulations . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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US Army issues new death penalty regulations
The US Army has issued new regulations governing the military death penalty . What the Army is calling a "major revision", however, raises questions whether the military is considering its first execution since 1961, when Army Pvt. John B (More) |
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California death penalty moratorium blocked
A California proposal for a two-year death penalty moratorium hit a permanent stumbling block in the California Assembly's Appropriations Committee Thursday. The moratorium proposal intended to suspend executions in California until a commis (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in government immunity, juror challenge cases
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Wednesday, including a decision in Will v. Hallock , where the Court ruled that a refusal to apply the judgment bar in the Federal Tort Claims Act is not open to collateral appeal. The cou (More) |
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California executes oldest inmate on death row
California executed 76-year old Clarence Ray Allen Tuesday morning, despite protests that executing the ailing inmate was cruel and unusual punishment. Allen, who was blind, nearly deaf and confined to a wheelchair, was California's oldest deat (More) |
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New Jersey governor signs law imposing death penalty moratorium
New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed several bills, including one which creates a special commission on the death penalty and places a moratorium on capital punishment until at least 60 days after the task force releases its finding (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.
