Former Guatemala soldier sentenced to 6,060 years in prison for role in 1982 massacre
A three-judge panel in Guatemala on Monday sentenced a former military official to 6,060 years in prison for his role in a 1982 massacre in which 201 people were killed. The judges sentenced Pedro Pimentel Rios, a former special...
Rios Montt Prosecution is Important to Victims and Judiciary
JURIST Guest Columnist Kelsey Alford-Jones, Director of Guatemala Human Rights Commission, argues that it is important for the Public Prosecutor's Office and president to follow through with the genocide charges against Rios Montt to strengthen Guatemala's judiciary and bring justice...
Supreme Court hears arguments on workers compensation, arbitration
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday. In Pacific Operators Offshore LLP v. Valladolid , the court considered when an outer continental shelf worker, injured on...
Bangladesh foreign minister begins 13-year corruption sentence
Former Bangladeshi foreign minister Morshed Khan began serving as a 13-year sentence on Sunday, after surrendering to a Dhaka court. Khan, who served from 2001 to 2006 under former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia was convicted ...
A Bangladeshi anti-corruption court indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Sunday on charges that she received approximately $440,000 in illegal kickbacks on a power-plant deal while in office between 1996 and 2001....
Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina charged with corruption for alleged kickback scheme
A Bangladeshi court Wednesday formally charged former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed with corruption under the recommendation of the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) . Hasina and eight other people are accused of...
Bangladesh's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed formal charges against former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia , officials said Tuesday. Zia and 10 other officials are accused of corruption and abuse of power for an alleged...
FDA not prepared to take on tobacco regulation: former FDA chief
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan said Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration is currently unable to handle the responsibility of tobacco regulation. A bill introduced by Senator Edward Kennedy (D-MA) ...
JURIST Contributing Editor Mary Ellen O'Connell of Notre Dame Law School says that the United States today has no legal basis to use significant armed force against Iran, and that another unlawful war in the wake of the Iraq debacle...
