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Egypt court sentences top Muslim Brotherhood official to death
The Giza Criminal Court in Egypt sentenced the supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie , to death on Thursday for the second time in three months. Badie was sentenced along with 13 other members of the Muslim Brotherhood [BBC backgro (More) |
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State Death Penalty IQ Cutoffs
Eighteen US states have abolished the death penalty. Three states - Maine, Michigan and Wisconsin - have completely banned the death penalty since the mid-nineteenth century. Fifteen states abolished the death penalty at various points throughout the (More) |
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Hall v. Florida
On June 20, 2002 the Supreme Court decided Atkins v. Virginia where it ruled sentencing intellectually disabled individuals to death is unconstitutional. The Court held such executions are a form of "cruel and unusual punishment," which is categorica (More) |
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The Supreme Court, the Death Penalty and Intellectual Disabilities
Since the US Supreme Court first addressed the death penalty the 1879 case Wilkerson v. Utah, the Court has struggled with determining the penalty's constitutional boundaries. In 1976 the court held in Gregg v. Georgia that the imposition of the deat (More) |
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Death Penalty and Intellectual Disabilities
The death penalty has been a permissible form of punishment for certain crimes in the United States throughout the nation's history, with the first recorded case occurring in 1608. The Supreme Court has held on numerous occasions that state proscrip (More) |
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Egypt court acquits ex-interior minister of corruption charges
An Egyptian court on Thursday acquitted Habib el-Adly, Egypt's former interior minister and head of security services under former president Hosni Mubarak [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], of certain corruption charges on which he was convicted (More) |
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Pakistan court lifts Musharraf travel ban
Pakistan's Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday lifted a travel ban that had prevented former president Pervez Musharraf from leaving the country. Opponents will have 15 days to challenge the ruling, and Musharraf will not be allowed to leave the (More) |
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Strategies Leading Up to the Botched Execution of an Oklahoma Death Row Inmate
JURIST Guest Columnist Andrew Spiropoulos of the Oklahoma City University School of Law discusses the tactical strategies of all parties involved in the Oklahoma Courts' death penalty decisions ... On April 28, Oklahoma's execution by lethal injectio (More) |
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UN rights experts: Iran should abolish death penalty
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a political prisoner, calling for the country to end the death penalty. Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani was arrested in 2008 for supporting western media, foun (More) |
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Death in the Sunset of a Constitutional Showdown
JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Sudeall Lucas of Georgia State University College of Law discusses the constitutionality of the opposing arguments surrounding the death penalty ... Society's memory is short. So, it may be few are still lingering over t (More) |
Republic of Ireland Act enters force
On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.
