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ACLU of Nebraska challenges state's lethal injection protocol in lawsuit
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska filed a lawsuit on Monday on behalf of state Senator Ernie Chambers and social justice advocate Reverend Stephen Griffith challenging the state's lethal injection procedures. The civil rights organiz (More) |
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US Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 March 2018
Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: The Kentucky Senate approved a bill on Thursday that outlaws the use of the dilation and excavation abortion method for patients in their eleventh week of pregnancy or later. US President Donald (More) |
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Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Arizona death penalty
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty in Arizona under the Eighth Amendment. Abel Hidalgo was sentenced to death for two counts of first degree murder in 2015. He appealed to (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants (More) |
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Amnesty International launches 2017 report highlighting conflict, poverty, refugee crises
Amnesty International (AI) launched its 2017 Report Thursday, highlighting human rights issues in 159 countries and territories across the world. The report recognizes conflict, poverty, refugee crises and discrimination. In a foreword, AI Secretar (More) |
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Gambia suspends death penalty in step towards abolition
Addressing the nation at Gambia's 53rd Independence Anniversary celebration on Sunday, Gambian President Adama Barrow announced the suspension of the death penalty. Barrow stated, "at this junction, I will use this opportunity to declare a morato (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 17 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, indicted 13 Russian citizens and three Russian organizations for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election. UN High Commissioner for Human Rig (More) |
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UN rights chief urges Iran to halt death penalty for juvenile offenders
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Friday urged Iran to abide by the international law and immediately halt all executions of people sentenced to death for crimes committed when they were under 18. According to the UN, (More) |
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Survivors of Liberia church massacre sue alleged perpetrator in US court
Four survivors of a church massacre that occurred during the Liberian civil war filed a civil suit in US court Monday against the commander of the armed forces allegedly responsible for the massacre. The suit, brought in the US District Court for (More) |
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Recall Elections Equal More Politicization of the Judiciary
JURIST Guest Columnist Steve Koslovsky discusses how more judicial elections harm judicial independence... Remember Rose Bird? Back in 1986, Chief Justice Rose E. Bird, who was the first female Chief on the California Supreme Court, (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
