Canada high court rules minimum sentences for gun crimes unconstitutional
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Tuesday that the national law requiring minimum sentences for gun crimes is unconstitutional because it constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. The high court ruled 6-3 to affirm ...
Pakistan court sets 2-month deadline for 2008 Mumbai attacks case
Pakistan's Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court to conclude its case over the 2008 attacks in Mumbai within the next two months. The case has been ongoing...
Pakistani court orders release of main suspect in 2008 Mumbai attacks
A Pakistan court on Thursday ordered the release of the main suspect in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai , Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The order came less than a month after Pakistan authorities reordered his detention [JURIST...
Pakistan reorders detention of alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks
Pakistan authorities on Saturday reordered the detention of Zakiur-Rehman Lakhvi, the main suspect in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai , one day after a court in Pakistan ordered his release. Lakhvi is one of seven...
Secrecy in Lethal Injection: How the Oklahoma Courts are Supporting a Deadly Double Standard
JURIST Guest Columnist Kimberly Newberry, Harvard Law School Class of 2014, clarifies the current policy surrounding lethal injection law in Oklahoma and explores the repercussions of such a policy...On April 29, 2014, the State of Oklahoma forced Clayton Lockett to...
Italy Constitutional Court strikes down tough marijuana sentencing laws
Italy's Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down a drug law that tripled sentences for selling, cultivating or possessing marijuana. The constitutional court declared the law illegitimate without further elaboration. The cannabis law was...
Michigan top court: communities cannot bypass state marijuana law
The Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that cities may not pass ordinances that conflict with the state's five-year-old medical marijuana law . John Ter Beek, a resident of Wyoming, Michigan, challenged ...
Regulated Cannabis Markets Open; Institutional Barriers Crumble
Reid Murdoch, University of Michigan Law School
The Office of the Federal Public Defender of Colorado and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion on behalf of terror suspect Jamshid Muhtorov Wednesday to suppress evidence the National Security...
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York approved a deal on Wednesday between the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and JPMorgan Chase [corporate...
