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Arkansas death row inmates sue governor to halt executions
Nine Arkansas death row inmates, including eight scheduled for lethal injections next month, jointly filed suit against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelly on Monday to stop the executions. The suit is in res (More) |
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Supreme Court rules Fourth Amendment rights continue beyond legal process
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizure can continue after the legal process has concluded. In Manuel v. City of Joliet , the court reversed the lower court in a 6-2 decision. The case aro (More) |
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Sleight of Hand in Florida's New Death Penalty: Requiring, But Not Requiring, Jury Unanimity
Sleight of Hand in Florida's New Death Penalty: Requiring, But Not Requiring, Jury Unanimity JURIST Guest Columnist Chance Meyer of Shepard Broad College of Law,NOVA Southeastern University, discusses the Florida Supreme Court's recent death penalty (More) |
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Supreme Court denies review for death-row inmates claiming intellectual disability
The US Supreme Court on Mondaydenied the petitions of Pervis Payne, Michael Sample, and Vincent Sims , three Tennessee death-row inmates who argued they should not be executed due to their intellectual disabilities. In their petition , Sims and S (More) |
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Orlando chief prosecutor rejects death penalty for all future cases
Orlando, Florida, Chief Prosecutor Aramis Ayala, announced on Thursday that her office will no longer seek the death penalty in Osceola and Orange counties, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to issue an executive order removing her from a case (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Philippines to reject death penalty bill
UN rights experts urged the Philippines legislature on Thursday to reject a proposed death penalty bill that would reintroduce capital punishment for drug-related offenses. Specifically, the bill authorizes death penalty for the "import, sale, manuf (More) |
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Thousands gather in Belarus to protest labor law
Thousands of people in Belarus on Wednesday gathered to protest a labor law that fines people if they do not work enough days during the year. President Alexander Lukashenko enacted Ordinance No. 3 in April 2015, and it has been attacked since it (More) |
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Arizona’s Death Penalty Procedures & Professional Ethics
JURIST Guest Columnist Tasha Russell discusses ethical issues that arise from the death penalty plan in Arizona, which attempts to put the onus on the lawyer's of convicted criminals awaiting the death penalty to provide the drugs to be used in their (More) |
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Florida governor signs new death penalty law requiring unanimous decision
Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a new bill on Monday declaring that the death penalty may only be imposed by a judge upon unanimous recommendation from the jury. Florida's executions have been on hold since January 2016, when the US Supreme Co (More) |
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Supreme Court clarifies correct standard for recusal of judge
The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a case due to the lower courts' analysis that focused on the presence of actual bias as opposed to an objective probability of actual bias. In Rippo v. Baker , Michael Rippo discovered that the judge hearing (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
