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Omanis protest convictions of 31 for plotting government overthrow
Thousands of Omanis on Tuesday gathered at a mosque in Oman's capital city of Muscat to protest Monday's state security court conviction of 31 people for plotting to overthrow Sultan Qaboos and attempting to install an Islamic government. (More) |
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Death penalty reinstatement bill [MA Gov. Mitt Romney]
An Act Reinstating Capital Punishment in the Commonwealth, filed with the Massachusetts Senate and House of Representatives, April 29, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill and accompanying letter of transmission. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chas (More) |
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Massachusetts governor introduces death penalty bill
MA Gov. Mitt Romney filed a bill Thursday to reinstate the death penalty in Massachusetts for deadly acts of terrorism, killing sprees, murders involving torture, and the killing of law enforcement authorities. Romney's bill uses ten recommenda (More) |
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UN tribunal gives Rwandan life in prison for role in genocide
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Thursday sentenced Mika Muhimana, who was a councilor in the western Rwandan province of Kibuyea, to prison for the rest of his life for his role in (More) |
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Death sentences hit 29-year low
The number of death sentences handed down in 2004 was the lowest since 1976, according to new statistics released by the NAACP Legal Defense Fund . A total of 125 people were sentenced to death by US courts in 2004, down from 144 in 2003, and 300 in (More) |
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Supreme Court takes death sentence case, other appeals
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear Oregon v. Guzek (docket 04-928), a death sentence case involving a convicted murderer's efforts to bring evidence into his sentencing hearing that would cast doubt on the conviction. A ruling here could (More) |
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Family, Euro governments balk at US death penalty bid for Moussaoui
Francois Roux, a French lawyer advising Aicha El Wafi, the mother of indicted US terror suspect Zacarias Moussaoui, the French citizen who earlier this week pleaded guilty to six counts of conspiracy stemming from the September 11th terrorist attack (More) |
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Ruling affirming death penalty for DC sniper [VA SC]
Muhammad v. Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Supreme Court, Justice Lemons, April 22, 2005 . Excerpt:If society's ultimate penalty should be reserved for the most heinous offenses, accompanied by proof of vileness or future dangerousness, then (More) |
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Judge clears way for first New England execution in 45 years
Connecticut Superior Court judge Patrick J. Clifford ruled Friday that convicted serial killer Michael Ross [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] is mentally competent to waive his death penalty appeals. Ross, who was convicted of raping and killi (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui pleads guilty to involvement in 9/11 attacks
Zacarias Moussaoui has pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges connected with the 9/11 attacks that killed more than 3000 people. Upon conviction, he could face the death penalty. Earlier today, Moussaoui's own lawyers had asked the judge (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
