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Florida lawmakers amend death penalty law

March 4, 2016 11:25:07 AM

The Florida legislature sent Governor Rick Scott a bill on Thursday revamping the state's death penalty law. The changes are in response to the US Supreme Court ruling in January that the state's current sentencing...

March 3, 2016 12:07:18 PM

The Florida Supreme Court on Wednesdayhalted the March 17 execution of James Asay. This is the second time the court indefinitely postponed a scheduled execution. In February, the court issued a stay of execution ...

February 3, 2016 12:25:41 PM

The Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of Cary Michael Lambrix amid growing concern about the constitutionality of Florida's death penalty scheme. The stay comes after the US Supreme Court ...

January 22, 2016 11:31:58 AM

Alabama death row inmate Christopher Brooks was executed Thursday night after the US Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay of execution on the grounds that the sentencing was unconstitutional. Brooks argued that Alabama's death-penalty...

January 21, 2016 01:06:07 PM

Christopher Brooks, an Alabama man scheduled for execution by lethal injection appealed to the US Supreme Court on Thursday for a stay of execution on the grounds that the sentencing procedure is unconstitutional. Brooks was sentenced...

January 20, 2016 04:16:56 PM

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in Kansas v. Carr that a jury in a death penalty case does not need to be advised that mitigating factors , which can lessen the severity...

October 7, 2015 03:55:25 PM

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three Kansas death penalty cases Wednesday. In two cases titled Kansas v. Carr , the court must determine whether the Eighth Amendment right to an...

March 30, 2015 11:00:30 AM

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in two cases titled Kansas v. Carr , consolidating them for oral argument. These cases examine whether the Eighth Amendment right to an "individualized...

March 31, 2014 12:00:01 AM

Derek Muller, Pepperdine University School of Law

February 13, 2014 12:12:23 PM

US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama, the Director of National Intelligence, the director of the NSA, and the director of the FBI challenging the constitutionality of...

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty extended indefinitely

On May 11, 1995, over 170 signatory nations agreed to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) indefinitely. The NPT is an agreement signed by 189 countries to control the spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology based on the principles of disarmament, non-proliferation, and the use of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes. The treaty was opened for signature in 1968 with a provision for review conferences every five years. During the 1995 review conference in New York City, member countries decided to keep the treaty open indefinitely. Learn more about the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty from the United Nations.

Massachusetts repealed law banning Christmas

On May 11, 1682, the Massachusetts General Court repealed two laws that had banned the celebration of Christmas and had authorized capital punishment for expelled Quakers returning to the colony. Learn more about the state's ban on Christmas.