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Why the International Criminal Court Needs Darfur (More Than Darfur Needs the ICC)
JURIST Guest Columnist Elena Baylis of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that while Darfur may be a dream case for the International Criminal Court, the value of the International Criminal Court for Darfur is yet to be seen... On Marc (More) |
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Amnesty International calls for Gitmo inspections to settle abuse claims
Amnesty International Secretary-General Irene Khan said Thursday that the US could settle disagreements about alleged abuses of prisoners at its Guantanamo Bay detention camp and other facilities by opening them to inspections by human rights inve (More) |
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Supreme Court overturns Andersen Enron conviction
The US Supreme Court Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying documents related to the Enron collapse, citing faulty jury instructions. According to the Court, the instructions failed to convey properly (More) |
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China accuses reporter of stealing secrets
China Tuesday publicly accused Ching Cheong, chief China correspondent for Singapore's Straits Times newspaper , of spying for "foreign agencies". According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry , "Ching admitted that in recent years he (More) |
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Texas Senate approves life without parole
The Texas Senate Saturday approved Senate Bill 60 , which would give jurors in capital murder cases the option of sentencing a defendant to life in prison without parole instead of death. Currently, Texas leads US states in the number of annual exec (More) |
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US Marines drop charges against officer who shot Iraqis
The US Marine Corps said Thurday that all charges against 2nd Lt. Ilario G. Pantano , accused of murdering two Iraqis during a vehicle stop, would be dropped. The statement out of Camp Lejeune in North Carolina said that after an investigation by Ma (More) |
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International brief ~ SA court orders expedited re-sentencing of death row inmates
Leading Wednesday's international brief, South Africa's Constitutional Court has issued a unanimous ruling ordering the South African Department of Justice to expedite the alternative sentencing of the 62 individuals currently sitting on de (More) |
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Rights groups oppose death penalty in Iraq
Middle East spokeswoman for Amnesty International Nicole Choueiry expressed the group's opposition Monday to a recent announcement from Iraq's Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari that the death penalty would be retained in Iraq and that the (More) |
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Supreme Court rules against shackling defendants
In a 7-2 decision the US Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in shackles. The majority said that viewing a prisoner in shackles would be too damaging to the jury's pe (More) |
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Trial begins for only surviving Beslan hostage-taker
The trial of Nur-Pashi Kulayev, the sole surviving member of the militant group responsible for Beslan School Crisis [Wikipedia entry; BBC backgrounder] in September 2004, began Tuesday under tight security in Vladikavkaz, the capital of Russia' (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
