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Egypt high court lacks authority to rule on presidential candidate ban
The Egyptian Constitutional Court announced Saturday that it cannot rule on an act of parliament that banned certain candidates from the upcoming presidential elections . The court said that it is only able to rule on the constitutionality of a law (More) |
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North Carolina court vacates death sentence due to racial bias
A North Carolina judge on Friday commuted a man's death sentence to a sentence of life in prison without parole after he determined that racial bias was a major influence behind the original sentence 18 years ago. Judge Gregory Weeks vacated Marcus (More) |
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Libya has evidence of executions by Gaddafi son: ICC
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that Libya has gathered evidence to bring Saif al-Islam Gaddafi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to trial. Saif al-Islam, the son of former Libyan leader Muamm (More) |
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The Institutionalization of Plea Bargaining in Kosovo
JURIST Guest Columnist Kushtrim Tolaj is an LL.M. Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and has served as a staff attorney at the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative in Prishtina, Kosovo. Here, Tolaj discusses plea barg (More) |
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Egypt parliament passes bill prohibiting Mubarak officials from running for president
The Egyptian parliament on Thursday passed a bill preventing those who were high officials under former president Hosni Mubarak [Al Jazeera profile; JURIST news archive] from running for president. The law bars candidacy for 10 years for anyone wh (More) |
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ICC prosecutor asks court to report Libya to UN over Gaddafi son
International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday asked the court to report Libya to the UN Security Council for failing to turn over the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Ocampo's request comes after L (More) |
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Connecticut House passes death penalty repeal
The Connecticut House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to repeal the death penalty by a vote of 86-63. The Connecticut Senate passed the bill last week . After the bill's final passage, Governor Dannel Malloy (D) officially announced he wi (More) |
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Chief Guantanamo judge sets trial date for 9/11 accused
The chief US military judge at Guantanamo Bay assigned himself on Monday to preside over the tribunals of five alleged plotters of the 9/11 terror attacks . Army Col. James Pohl scheduled the hearing for May 5, only a few days after the one-year (More) |
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Europe rights court rules terror suspects will not face torture if extradited to US
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that five terrorism suspects facing extradition from the UK to the US will not face inhumane prison conditions in the US. The court held that British citizens Syed Talha Ahsan, Babar Ahmad [a (More) |
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Sentencing Children to Die in Prison is Cruel and Unusual Punishment
JURIST Guest Columnist Jason Szanyi, staff attorney at the Center for Children's Law and Policy, says that the Supreme Court should follow prior precedent and ban the sentence of life without parole for juvenile homicide offenders... (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.
