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The Argument for Federal Liability in Sutherland Springs
JURIST Guest Columnist Gary Reynolds of the Valparaiso University Law School discusses the shooting in Sutherland Springs and its potential legacy in the landscape of gun control...A common criticism about the gun debate in America is the lack of cha (More) |
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Face the Facts: Facial Recognition Software Should be Strictly Monitored
JURIST Guest Columnist Corinne Maupin of Valparaiso University School of Law discusses advances in facial recognition technology and the corresponding ripeness for matching regulations ... A recent article in the ABA Journal noted that law enforcem (More) |
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Rights groups: Venezuela protesters tortured by government
Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Penal Forum [advocacy websites released a joint-report on Wednesday that revealed human rights and humanitarian crises in Venezuela, as the government continues to arbitrarily arrest, prosecute, and, in some cases, (More) |
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US Supreme Court declines to review Nebraska law limiting funeral protests
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule on a Nebraska law which limits protesting around funerals. The Nebraska Funeral Picketing Law , which was enacted in 2006, originally prohibited [Omaha World-Herald report] protests within 300 feet o (More) |
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Bangladesh court upholds 139 death sentences in 2009 mutiny case
A three-judge panel of the Bangladesh High Court on Monday upheld 139 death sentences and 146 life imprisonments relating to the 2009 mutiny [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that resulted in the death of 74 people including 54 senior governme (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 18 November 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: Amnesty International (AI) on Friday released a report detailing humanitarian crisis incidents that may amount to war crimes in the Philippines. The chief judge of the EU's rule of law miss (More) |
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Egypt court upholds life sentence of Muslim Brotherhood leader
An Egypt court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence of 74-year-old Mohamed Badie, leader of the Muslim Brotherhood , convicted in 2015 for his role in the 2013 attack on a Port Said police station that resulted in the death of five individuals. Th (More) |
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The Right of Publicity Q&A: Arkansas' Publicity Rights Protection Act of 2016
JURIST Guest Columnist Professor Uché Ewelukwa Ofodile of the University of Arkansas School of Law discusses answers to questions about Arkansas' new right of publicity legislation ... The right of publicity is the right to control the commercial us (More) |
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Kenya Supreme Court removes opposition coalition from petitions challenging presidential election
The Supreme Court of Kenya on Tuesday rejecte the participation of the main opposition coalition in petitions challenging President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory in last month's repeat presidential election. This means that the National Super Alliance (More) |
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Uber facing lawsuit alleging 'thousands' of instances of sexual assault
Two women filed a lawsuit against Uber on Tuesday in a San Francisco federal court alleging that they had been sexually assaulted by their Uber drivers. The women claim that they are not the only ones—that drivers have been using their rail- (More) |
Accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, put on trial in Israel
On February 16, 1987, accused Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, went on trial in Jerusalem, Israel. The prosecution claimed that Demjanjuk was a notorious prison guard known as "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka extermination camp during World War II. On this basis, Demjanjuk was convicted by the Israeli court of crimes against humanity. However, in August 1993, the conviction overturned by Israel's Supreme Court on a finding of reasonable doubt.
After the decision by the Supreme Court of Israel, Demjanjuk was returned to the United States, where he had been moved after World War II. On December 22, 2006, the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals ordered him deported to the Ukraine on a finding that he had been a guard at other Nazi concentration camps.
