Search Results for: 2004-01-23

William G. Ross, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday agreed to rehear a case challenging a California law requiring police to conduct buccal mouth swabs to extract DNA samples from any...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of the Ave Maria School of Law says that determining the impact of the recently announced Strategic Partnership Agreement between the US and Afghanistan requires a look into the many interests vested in the region...As...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Thursday that buccal mouth swabs may be used to extract DNA samples from any adult arrested or charged with a felony in California. The 2-1...

Finding Kuwait's Missing National Archives
Douglas Cox, City University of New York School of Law; January 23, 2012

Bangladeshi authorities must put an end to extrajudicial executions by government authorities, Amnesty International (AI) urged on Wednesday. In a report entitled "Crimes Unseen: Extrajudicial Executions in Bangladesh" , AI alleges that the Rapid...

The US Supreme Court on Monday added 11 more cases to its 2011-2012 docket. In FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. , the court will rule on whether...

Libya has made some progress with regards to human rights, but the situation remains "dire," according to a report released Wednesday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report details Libya's rise in prominence within...

The Icelandic Althingi on Friday unanimously passed legislation legalizing same-sex marriage . The legislation would end the system of registered partnerships that has been in place in Iceland since 1996,...

An Equatorial Guinea court on Monday sentenced seven Nigerians to 12 years in prison for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace. Court president Antonio Pascual Ojo Ebobo found the Nigerians guilty of terrorism and said they...