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Turkey closes thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions
President Tayyip Erdogan ordered the closure of thousands of private schools, charities and other institutions on Saturday. Mr. Erdogan alleges Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen of orchestrating last week's failed coup and the schools and other instit (More) |
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On Human Rights, California is Better than Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, and Texas!
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Cooper, a former DC public defender, addresses prosecutor Michele Hanisee's remarks concerning the death penalty in California... Speaking in favor of Proposition 66, the ballot initiative that seeks to (More) |
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Turkish President announces support of reinstated death penalty
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated Monday that he would approve reinstating the death penalty so long as the measure had sufficient support in the Grand National Assembly . The death penalty was abolished over a decade ago in Turkey, bu (More) |
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Amnesty: Cameroon authorities violating basic human rights in Boko Haram crackdown
In a report released Thursday, Amnesty International (AI) documented numerous human rights violations committed by Cameroon authorities in the country's crackdown on Boko Haram . In a military campaign that AI West and Central Africa Regional Dire (More) |
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Proposition 66, The "Death Penalty Reform and Savings Act of 2016," is Fool's Gold for Californians
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Cooper, a former DC public defender discusses how California's Proposition 66 will fail to reform California's fractured death penalty system... "Californians for Death Penalty Savings and Reform"— (More) |
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China sentences former president's top aide to life for corruption
The First Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin near Beijing jailed Ling Jihua, a top aide to former China president Hu Jintao , and sentenced him to life after finding him guilty of taking bribes, illegally obtaining state secrets and abuse of pow (More) |
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"Blue Lives Matter" Has No Place in Hate Crime Laws
JURIST Guest Columnist Jessica Henry of Montclair State University discusses the recent additions to Louisiana's hate crime legislation...Last month, Louisiana passed a "Blue Lives Matter" amendment to its hate crime statute. Under the newly-amended (More) |
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Arkansas Supreme Court upholds lethal injection protocol and secrecy law
The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a state law Thursday that allows for the type, manufacturers and sellers of drugs used for lethal injections to be kept confidential. This ruling would allow the execution of eight death row inmates if the stays on (More) |
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Louisiana's Designation of Anti-Police Bias as a Hate Crime Category
JURIST Guest Columnist James B. Jacobs of New York University School of Law discusses the recent changes to hate crimes in Louisiana... Federal and state hate crime laws enhance criminal punishment for offenders motivated by certain widely condemned (More) |
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The Right to Choose: Trial by Jury, or Judge
JURIST Guest Columnist Tim Lynch of The Cato Institute discusses the right of defendants to choose between a trial by jury or trial by judge...Trial by jury is one of the most celebrated rights in the American Constitution, but what if the accused pe (More) |
