Search Results for: 1998-04-10

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday halted the execution of Mark Christeson, a Missouri man convicted of killing a woman and her two children, pending the determination of whether the 35-year-old received effective legal counsel....

Attorneys for a convicted Missouri man and 15 former judges on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to block his execution , claiming that mistakes were made by his former attorneys, which...

A Malaysian court on Friday overturned the High Court's acquittal of Anwar Ibrahim , sentencing the opposition leader to five years in prison for sodomizing a male aide in 2008. This conviction makes...

Steven Zeidman, CUNY School of Law

An international judge from the Mitrovica Basic Court on Tuesday ordered a one-month detention for a Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, who is suspected of committing war crimes and aggravated murder during the 1998-1999 Kosovo conflict [BBC...

Jeffrey Addicott, St. Mary's University School of Law

A European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) prosecutor in the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office filed an indictment against 15 defendants on Friday in the EULEX Mitrovica Basic Court . The...

The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on Tuesday acquitted Fatmir Limaj , a close ally of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci , of war crimes charges. Limaj was accused...

The Libya Conflict developed from long-standing sectarian rivalries in the country, which resulted in an armed clash between autocrat Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's supporters and those seeking to oust him from power. In a bid to end the unrest, Gaddafi's son,...

Human trafficking occurs across the globe, but the UN International Labor Organization (ILO) reports that it is more prevalent in regions of conflict. Women and children are more likely to become victims, and on August 30, 2005, the UN High...