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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 28 April 2018

April 28, 2018 12:00:08 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A new report by IGARAPÉ Institute outlines the continuing rise in crime in Latin America and demands urgent solutions. According to the report released Thursday, crime rates will continue...

April 21, 2018 12:00:09 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A US federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Liberian commander known as "Jungle Jabbah" to 30 years in prison for defrauding the US immigration authorities and lying about...

April 9, 2018 11:35:33 PM

JURIST Guest Columnists, Sarah Wetter and James G. Hodge, Jr. of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discuss preemptive legal schemes that deprive states and localities of opportunities to implement efficacious interventions to advance public health......

February 17, 2018 11:04:16 AM

JURIST Guest Columnists James G. Hodge, Jr., Jennifer Piatt, Sarah Wetter, and Alexandra Hess of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University discuss the recent reversal of long-standing guidance from the Obama Administration on federal marijuana enforcement......

December 9, 2017 12:00:07 PM

Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The High Court of South Africa ruled Friday that President Jacob Zuma's appointment of a State Prosecutor who would decide whether to reinstate corruption charges...

November 18, 2017 12:00:03 PM

Here's the domestic legal news we covered this week: A US District judge declared a mistrial in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial on Thursday after questioning the 12 jurors. The US District Court for...

November 9, 2017 02:35:01 PM

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday authorized prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to investigate potential crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burundi. The decision of Pre-Trial Chamber III was the result of a preliminary examination...

October 25, 2017 10:27:27 AM

Russia on Tuesday vetoed the UN Security Council's resolution to extend the UN Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapon (OPCW) investigation into the Syria chemical-weapons attack. In February Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy...

October 5, 2017 02:22:14 PM

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced a bill on Wednesday that aims to reduce prison sentences for non-violent drug offenders. The bill, sponsored by 10 senators from both sides of the aisle, seeks to reduce rather than...

September 13, 2017 01:34:12 PM

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it will be not pursue charges against the six Baltimore police officers for the death of Freddie Gray, finding there was insufficient evidence prove beyond a...

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