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Race of victim among factors in California death sentences, study shows
More prisoners are on California's death row for murdering whites than for killing people of any other race, despite the fact that were more black and Hispanic murder victims during the same time period, according to a new study to be published (More) |
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Iraqi tribunal defendants refused right to defend themselves
Iraqi ex-president Saddam Hussein will not be allowed to represent himself at trial, according to new procedural rules adopted by the National Assembly . Under the new rules adopted late last month, the rights of all defendants appearing before the (More) |
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Ex-Illinois Governor heading to trial for corruption, fraud
Former Illinois Governor George Ryan , who made national headlines and won praise in some quarters in January 2003 when just before leaving office he commuted the executions of all Illinois inmates then on death row [CNN file report; Ryan speech], w (More) |
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UN evacuates 11 Uzbek refugees to London
The UN on Friday evacuated 11 Uzbek refugees to London after they fled to Kyrgyzstan following deadly riots that erupted in Andijan last spring. The 11 refugees were accused of terrorism by the Uzbekistan government, but the UN plans to relocate (More) |
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Texas executes first black woman for 1987 killings
Frances Newton was executed by lethal injection late Wednesday at Huntsville prison in Texas for fatally shooting her husband and two children in 1987, making her the first black woman executed by the state since it took over executions from counti (More) |
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Roberts answers questions on civil rights, torture, foreign law as precedent
Following up on earlier questions about abortion , members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday pressed Chief Justice nominee John Roberts for his views on civil rights, torture, and the use of foreign law as precedent. Challenged by Senato (More) |
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Rwanda charges Belgian missionary with inciting 1994 genocide
A nine-judge panel in Rwanda charged Belgian Catholic priest Guy Theunis Sunday with inciting and planning the 1994 genocide that killed more than 500,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Theunis was the first foreigner to appear before community "ga (More) |
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Kuwait seeks death penalty for Saddam under own indictment
Kuwaiti Justice Minister Ahmad Baqer said Saturday that Kuwait has prepared its own indictment against former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein for crimes against the emirate during the 1990-1991 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and that that indictment "c (More) |
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UN condemns detentions, torture and executions in Iraq
In its latest bi-monthly report on human rights in Iraq the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Thursday detailed widespread and lengthy detentions of suspected Sunni insurgents, systematic use of torture during interrogations at po (More) |
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Saddam confessed to crimes, says Iraq president
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani said in an interview on al-Iraqiya state TV broadcast late Tuesday that ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein , now in custody pending trials for crimes again humanity by the Iraqi Special Tribunal , had confessed before (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.
