| Posts |
|
Germany urges EU export ban on execution drug
Germany urged the European Union (EU) on Friday to impose an export ban on a drug used for lethal injections in several US states. Germany's human rights commissioner, Markus Loening, requested that the drug sodium thiopental be placed on the list (More) |
|
Illinois death penalty abolition reflects trend away from capital punishment
Courtney Minick [Board Member, Death Penalty Focus]: "Governor Pat Quinn recently signed a bill to ban the use of the death penalty in Illinois. The state has been wrestling with the issue of capital punishment for over ten years. Senate Bill 3539 w (More) |
|
International death penalty use declining: AI
Use of the death penalty is on the decline across the world, according to a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . Excluding China, which keeps its death penalty statistics secret, the number of executions worldwide decreased from (More) |
|
Supreme Court to decide whether religious school teachers may sue for discrimination
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari in a case over whether an employment discrimination claim can be brought against a religiously affiliated school despite the "ministerial exception." In Hosan (More) |
|
Supreme Court to examine whether death penalty appeal can continue despite missed deadline
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] will determine whether an appeal of a capital murder conviction can continue despite the prisoner's lawyers failing to meet a paperwork deadline, in one of two cases in which the court gra (More) |
|
UN rights council adopts outcome of US review
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday held a debate and adopted the outcomes from its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the US. The review provided the US with 228 recommendations in 10 different areas regarding human rights policies and (More) |
|
Illinois abolishes death penalty
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed Senate Bill 3539 on Wednesday, absolishing the death penalty in Illinois. Two months after the Illinois Senate approved the bill , Quinn signed the bill into law. Justifying his decision in a statement , Quinn (More) |
|
Supreme Court eases time limit on habeas petitions
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday ruled unanimously in Wall v. Kholi [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that a defendant's plea for leniency tolls the statute of limitations for filing a federal petition (More) |
|
India court sentences 11 to death over train fire that sparked riots
A special court in India sentenced 11 Muslims to death Tuesday in connection with the Godhra train burning in 2002 that killed 59 Hindu nationalists and started the 2002 Gujarat riots . Special judge PR Patel handed down death sentences [Indian Expr (More) |
|
Iran opposition leaders jailed: reports
Iranian opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and Mehdi Karroubi [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] and their wives were arrested and jailed in Heshamatiyeh prison on Monday, according to Mousavi's website Kaleme (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.
