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Idaho prosecutor to ask prison for full access to execution
Idaho Deputy Attorney General Michael Gilmore said on Thursday that he will ask the warden of an Idaho prison to change the prison policy that limits public access to executions. The Associated Press and 16 other newspaper agencies have filed suit (More) |
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Oklahoma AG appeals ruling against abortion drug restrictions
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt on Thursday appealed a ruling that struck down an Oklahoma law restricting how doctors may use abortion-inducing drugs to treat patients. Three weeks ago, a judge for the District Court of Oklahoma County i (More) |
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Federal judge rejects media request for access to Idaho execution
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Idaho on Tuesday rejected a petition for full access to executions submitted by the Associated Press and 16 other newspaper agencies. The Idaho Department of Correction (IDOC) policy of havin (More) |
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Former Gaddafi spy chief appears in Libya court
Buzeid Dorda, spy chief under former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive], appeared in court on Tuesday, facing a number of charges associated with the conflict in Libya in 2011 which ultimately deposed Gaddafi and his (More) |
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Libya military court sentences Gaddafi supporters
A Libyan military court on Monday sentenced a group of 24 men from the former Soviet Union to prison terms after finding them guilty of serving as mercenaries for former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive]. The milit (More) |
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Japan cult member arrested in connection with subway gas attack: report
Japanese police have arrested one of the last fugitive members of Aum Shinrikyo suspected of involvement in a nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in 1995, a Japanese newspaper reported on Monday. The attacks killed 12 people and sickened ov (More) |
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Egypt prosecutor to appeal Mubarak trial verdict
Egyptian prosecutors plan to appeal the verdict in the trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile, JURIST news archive] and his associates, a court official told reporters on Sunday. An Egyptian court on Saturday found Muba (More) |
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Mubarak sentenced to life in prison
An Egyptian court on Saturday found former Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile, JURIST news archive], guilty of complicity to kill protesters during the Arab Spring protests and sentenced him to life in prison. The court also found (More) |
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US Army amends charges in Afghan shootings case
The US Army has dropped one of 17 murder charges and added others, including steroid and alcohol use, in its case against Army Sgt. Robert Bales, his lawyer told reporters on Friday. Bales was charged with 17 counts of murder in March for the alleg (More) |
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Sudan stoning death violates international laws: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday urged the Sudanese government to reform its discriminatory laws and abolish both the death penalty and all corporal punishment after a young Sudanese woman was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Intisa (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.
