| Posts |
|
Legal agenda and live webcasts ~ Monday, Feb. 28
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Monday, Feb. 28.The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in two cases beginning at 10 AM ET today. In Spector v. Norwegi (More) |
|
Illinois lawmakers seek to modify death penalty
Illinois lawmakers presented legislation Friday that could end the current state moratorium on executions. House Bill 2704 calls for "guilt beyond any doubt" to replace the current penalty phase standard in capital cases of "guilt (More) |
|
Human rights body says Russia not meeting standards
The Council of Europe , the continent's top human rights watchdog, has rejected overtures by Moscow to stop monitoring Russian compliance with the Council's code of ethics, citing the nation's continued lack of respect for human rights. (More) |
|
US Marine charged with murder of 2 Iraqis
The US Marine Corps said Thursday that 2nd Lt. Ilario G. Pantano has been charged with premeditated murder in the shooting deaths of two Iraqi men during a vehicle search in Iraq on April 15, 2004. Details of the charges have not been released, bu (More) |
|
Indonesian prosecutors seek 8-year sentence for cleric facing terror charges
Indonesian prosecutors presenting their case against Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir asked a court Tuesday to sentence him to eight years in prison for terror charges, including a link to the 2002 Bali bombings. Prosecutors' sentence request was (More) |
|
International brief ~ Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian detainees
In Thursday's international brief, Israel has announced its approval of a plan to release as many as 900 detained Palestinians in coming weeks. The details of the exact number of prisoners to be released, and the conditions for their release, (More) |
|
Berman [Ohio State]: Ross execution wrangling
Douglas Berman :"The legal wrangling over the pending execution of serial killer (and death penalty "volunteer" Michael Ross is continuing in Connecticut. Howard Bashman at How Appealing has a lot of the newspaper coverage and other ma (More) |
|
Federal appeals court overturns order delaying Ross execution
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has lifted a restraining order preventing the execution of Connecticut serial killer Michael Ross , but said that the execution should be delayed until Ross' father can appeal to the Supreme Court. (More) |
|
Suspect in LA train derailment faces multiple murder charges, death penalty
A man suspected of causing a train derailment in Los Angeles was charged Thursday with 10 counts of murder and could face the death penalty, according to LA County District Attorney Steve Cooley . Juan Manuel Alvarez, who authorities said was suicid (More) |
|
Overturning of UK national's death penalty conviction [6th Circuit]
Richey v. Mitchell, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr., January 25, 2005 . Excerpt:The State could point to no Ohio law, prior to Richey's own case, that stands for the proposition that transferred intent (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.
