Supreme Court hears arguments on warrantless blood alcohol tests
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Missouri v. McNeely on whether the Fourth Amendment allows a police officer to take a warrantless blood sample to test...
Supreme Court hears arguments on warrantless blood alcohol tests
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Missouri v. McNeely on whether the Fourth Amendment allows a police officer to take a warrantless blood sample to test...
The Referral Chamber of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday transferred the case of Pheneas Munyarugarama to the Rwandan authorities. The decision was based on ICTR prosecutors' request two...
Japan high court upholds death sentence for cult member involved in nerve gas attack
Japan's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of Aum Shinrikyo member Seiicho Endo who was sentenced to death in 2002 following his conviction for playing a central role in two nerve...
Successful review of Sljivancanin case marks breakthrough in ICTY jurisprudence
Slobodan Zecevic : "The Sljivancanin Review Judgement delivered by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (hereinafter ICTY) Appeals Chamber on December 8, 2010 is a significant breakthrough in the ICTY jurisprudence. Indeed, it...
Mexico Supreme Court releases 20 prisoners convicted in Chiapas killings
The Mexican Supreme Court of Justice on Wednesday ordered the release of 20 men and the retrial of 6 others convicted in connection with the 1997 massacre in Acteal, Chiapas [AI...
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, says that the recent conviction of "Chuckie" Taylor suggests that President-elect Obama has a chance to demonstrate, by example, what the Rule of Law and "equality before the law,"...
The number of executions in the US in 2007 reached the lowest level in 13 years, according to the 2007 year-end report issued by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) on Tuesday. DPIC...
'High value' Guantanamo detainee denies al-Qaeda connection, alleges torture
Guantanamo Bay military prison detainee Abu Zubaydah denied accusations of al-Qaeda involvement and made allegations of torture, according to a transcript released Monday of his March 27 testimony before a US Combatant Status...