Teaching Morality: Haditha and the Future of the US Military
JURIST Contributing Editor Amos Guiora of the University of Utah SJ Quinney College of Law says that the lack of serious punishment for US troops involved in the 2005 killing of 24 innocent Iraqi civilians at Haditha requires immediate and...
Georgia executes Troy Anthony Davis after Supreme Court denies stay
The state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis Wednesday night after his eleventh-hour appeal for clemency was denied by the US Supreme Court. Davis was put to death by lethal injection, the...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday voted 5-4 to affirm the lower court in Stern v. Marshall , agreeing that the bankruptcy court did not have jurisdiction in this instance. The...
Federal judge grants punitive damages against Iran for suicide bombings
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday granted $300 million in punitive damages in each of two cases against Iran for deaths resulting from suicide bombings by Iranian-backed terrorist groups....
Belarus presidential candidate sentenced to 5 years in prison for inciting riots
Belarus's Minsk City Court on Saturday sentenced former presidential candidate Andrey Sannikau to a five-year maximum security prison sentence for organizing protests following the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko [BBC profile, JURIST news...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Wednesday that errors in the prosecution's case against former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling are harmless, denying Skilling a new trial. The court,...
Texas jury convicts DeLay of money laundering and conspiracy
A jury for the 331st Criminal District Court of Texas found former US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) guilty of money laundering and conspiracy Wednesday, after deliberating for 19 hours. The charges stemmed...
Rights groups urge UN to investigate Libya torture allegations
Three human rights groups on Friday jointly announced allegations of torture against Libyan security officials. Alkarama, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and TRIAL have obtained documents that purportedly demonstrate that government officials blocked an investigation into...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases, including the case of former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling . In Skilling v. United States [oral...
Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos announced Monday that Spain will accept five detainees currently being held at Guantanamo Bay . Spain had previously agreed to accept only two detainees, one Yemeni and...
