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Death penalty report 2004 [Amnesty]
The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004, Amnesty International, April 5, 2005 . Excerpt:At least 3,797 people were executed in 25 countries in 2004, and at least 7,395 people were sentenced to death in 64 countries, according to Amnesty In (More) |
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Executions, death sentences on the rise, Amnesty reports
At least 3,797 people were executed in 2004 and at least 7,395 people in 64 countries were sentenced to death last year, according to the annual report on the use of capital punishment released by Amnesty International Tuesday. In The death penalt (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ John Paul II dies; pope championed freedom, rights
Pope John Paul II [official website; BBC profile; CBC backgrounder] has died, according to Vatican sources. He was 84. An announcement has just been made in Italian and English on Vatican Radio, monitored over the Internet from Pittsburgh. Vatican (More) |
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Connecticut lawmakers uphold death penalty
The Connecticut House of Representatives on Wednesday voted down legislation that would have eliminated the death penalty in the state. Legislators opposed the bill by a 89-60 margin as the state's first execution in 45 years scheduled to take (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on rights of foreigners in death penalty cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case examining the rights of foreigners in death penalty cases. In Medellin v. Dretke , a Mexican citizen was convicted of murder in a Texas state court and sentenced to death. In denying a petit (More) |
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Supreme Court declines First Amendment and abortion cases
The Supreme Court today declined to hear Troy Publishing v. Norton (docket 04-979), letting stand a ruling that appears to limit Constitutional protection of the press. Without comment, the Court denied the appeal of a 2004 ruling by the Pennsylvan (More) |
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High court to review California death penalty case
The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to hear Brown v . Sanders (docket 04-980), in which it will rule on the application of the "harmless error" doctrine to death penalty cases. The case concerns California's death penalty law, Cal. Pena (More) |
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Trying Saddam Hussein: Go International or Not?
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey Addicott of St. Mary's University School of Law says that it is much better to have deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein put on trial in an Iraqi court than before an international criminal tribunal along the line (More) |
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US urges judge to set October trial date for Moussaoui
The US government filed a motion Tuesday asking the judge in the Zacarias Moussaoui case to set a trial date in October. District Judge Leonie Brinkema had stayed legal proceedings pending the Supreme Court's consideration of a petition for ce (More) |
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Senate bill would discourage US courts from citing foreign precedent
US Senator John Cornyn , a senior Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sunday introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that judicial decisions regarding the US Constitution should not be influenced by foreign law. (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.
