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Georgia Supreme Court halts Warren Hill execution
The Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday unanimously granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Warren Lee Hill 90 minutes before he was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection . The court granted the stay to consider an appeal by Hill, (More) |
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Impossible Proof: Intellectual Disabilities and the Death Penalty
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues Warren Hill was improperly sentenced to death and that Georgia should adopt a "preponderance of evidence" standard for mentally disabled claims in c (More) |
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Georgia court declines to halt execution of mentally disabled death row inmate
The Butts County Superior Court on Thursday denied requests to halt the execution of Georgia death row inmate Warren Hill. Hill was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally disabled . Georgia is t (More) |
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Lawyers for alleged USS Cole bomber ask for tribunal to be televised
Defense lawyers for the alleged mastermind of the USS Cole bombing Abd al-Rahim Nashiri [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] requested on Thursday that Nashiri's trial at Guantanamo be televised. Richard Kammen, an attorney for Nashiri, declared that (More) |
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UN rights expert urges halt to US executions of mentally disabled individuals
UN Special Rapporteur on arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Tuesday urged the US not to execute two individuals with "psychosocial disabilities" who are set to be put to death in Georgia and Texas. Warren Hill was set to be executed Wednesday (More) |
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Guantanamo hearing for accused 9/11 conspirators delayed for Ramadan
The next hearing for alleged 9/11 conspirator Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four codefendants was postponed on Monday to avoid a conflict with the last 10 days of Ramadan. The chief judge of the Guantanamo Bay war cr (More) |
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Georgia rejects clemency for death row inmate who claims mental disability
The Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday rejected a clemency bid by death row inmate Warren Hill who was convicted of two counts of murder but argues he should not be executed because he is mentally disabled. The board gave no insi (More) |
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Russia ratifies US child adoption agreement
The Russian Duma on Tuesday ratified an agreement with the US related to adoption of Russian children by Americans. In a 244-96-2 vote, the nation's legislature agreed to ratify the agreement a year after the two countries agreed to sign. Russian (More) |
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Terror suspect asks Europe rights court to block extradition to US
Egyptian-born radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], currently detained in the UK, filed an appeal challenging a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allowing his extradition to the US. The ECHR (More) |
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Singapore plans to relax mandatory death sentences in certain cases
The Singapore government on Monday announced plans to ease mandatory death penalty sentencing requirements for murder and drug trafficking. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean announced to the parliament that by the end of the year the government w (More) |
RFK assassin sentenced to death
On April 23, 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death for the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Review a 1998 statement by Sirhan attorney Larry Teeter claiming Sirhan did not commit the crime. Sirhan was denied parole for the 12th time in March 2003.
