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Zimbabwe death row inmates challenge sentences
More than a dozen death row inmates in Zimbabwe on Sunday submitted a plea to the nation's constitutional court through a local NGO, arguing that their death sentences are unconstitutional. The inmates have spent between four and 20 years on death r (More) |
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Saudi Arabia publicly executes murder convict unable to raise $1 million
A man convicted of murder was publicly beheaded on Tuesday in Saudi Arabia after he was unable to meet the monetary demand of the victim's family which would have prevented his death. Joselito Lidasan Zapanta, from the Philippines, was convicted of (More) |
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Federal court denies dismissal of criminal charges in Benghazi attack
The US District Court for the District of Columbia denied on Wednesday a motion to dismiss the criminal charges against Ahmed Salim Faraj Abu Khatallah arising from the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Abu Khatallah was indicted (More) |
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court states governor can postpone executions
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday upheld the authority of Governor Tom Wolf to postpone executions in the commonwealth. The unanimous decision came after Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams petitioned the court to reject reprieve (More) |
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Bangladesh court accepts murder charges for garment factory disaster
A court in Dhaka ruled on Monday that 41 defendants can be tried for murder for the April 2013 garment factory collapse that killed 1,135 workers. Initially charged with culpable homicide, the defendants were charged with murder upon investigation (More) |
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Hoosier Hospitality: Ignorance Fuels Need for Hate Crime Laws
JURIST Guest Columnist Kendra Julian of Valparaiso University School of Law, Class of 2017, discusses the need for states to enact hate crime legislation...We don't like you. Get out. You don't belong. We're superior to you. These phrases all lead to (More) |
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Arkansas top court orders stay on disclosure of execution drugs
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday granted an emergency stay of a lower court's order for immediate disclosure of planned lethal injection drugs and their chemical suppliers. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen ordered the state on Th (More) |
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Combating Terrorism in a Democracy: The Israel Experience
JURIST Guest Columnist Robbie Sabel, of the Hebrew University Jerusalem, discusses the continued violence in Israel ... In recent weeks Israel has been facing a wave of "individual" terrorism and the Israel Authorities are in a dilemma as to how to (More) |
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ACA Challengers Think Third Time's A Charm
JURIST Guest Columnist Glenn C. Smith of the California Western School of Law discusses the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act...All petitions to have a lower-court ruling reviewed by the US Supreme Court are long shots. Still, the recent (More) |
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UN rights expert urges continued international support for Somalia
UN Assistant Secretary-General for human rights Ivan Simonovic called on Somalia's international partners Tuesday to increase their aid in order for the country to maintain its gains in protecting its citizens' human rights. Simonovic described the (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.
