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Pakistan Supreme Court permits Musharraf to travel abroad while awaiting trial
The Supreme Court of Pakistan affirmed the ruling of a lower court on Tuesday allowing former president Pervez Musharraf to travel abroad. The court held that the former president, who is still awaiting trial on a host of charges, may leave the cou (More) |
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UN rights expert concerned over rate of juvenile executions in Iran
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed , expressed continued concern Monday regarding Iran's alarming rate of juvenile executions and other flaws in the justice system . Shaheed's report calls for comple (More) |
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Virginia legislature approves bill reimplimenting electric chair
The Virginia General Assembly on Friday approved a bill that will allow for the implementation of the electric chair if lethal injection drugs are not readily available. Virginia has faced issues with obtaining lethal injection drugs as some pharm (More) |
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Florida governor signs death penalty reforms into law
Florida Governor Rick Scott on Monday signed into law a bill revamping the state's death penalty law. The changes are in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in January that the state's previous sentencing scheme was unconstitutional . The new l (More) |
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Iran billionaire sentenced to death in fraud case
Iran billionaire businessman Babak Zanjani was sentenced to death on Sunday after being found guilty on charges of fraud involving an oil fund, a judicial official stated. Zanjani, a 42-year-old oil tycoon who currently is one of Iran's richest men, (More) |
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Florida lawmakers amend death penalty law
The Florida legislature sent Governor Rick Scott a bill on Thursday revamping the state's death penalty law. The changes are in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in January that the state's current sentencing scheme is unconstitutional . The (More) |
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Florida Supreme Court halts scheduled execution
The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesdayhalted the March 17 execution of James Asay. This is the second time the court indefinitely postponed a scheduled execution. In February, the court issued a stay of execution for Cary Michael Lambrix after th (More) |
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Utah senate votes to repeal death penalty
The Utah Senate voted 20-9 on Tuesday in favor of a bill to repeal the death penalty. The Death Penalty Amendments bill would reorganize murder and homicide statutes as non capital offenses and give the prosecutors until May to seek a notice of ca (More) |
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Supreme Court hears arguments on firearm possession, judicial recusal
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on the recklessness standard of domestic violence misdemeanors that can federally ban someone from the ability to possess a firearm and judicial recusal in capital punishment cases. In Voisine v. Un (More) |
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Accused 9/11 conspirator seeks court delay over treatment by guards
A Guantanamo Bay prisoner accused of involvement in the 9/11 attacks testified on Friday that he has been subject to torment and mistreatment by prison guards. Ramzi bin al Shibh, from Yemen, is facing the death penalty with four other defendants for (More) |
Sirhan convicted of assassinating RFK
On April 17, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Senator Robert F. Kennedy and sentenced to death. The sentence was later commuted to life in prison after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in the state.
