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Federal judge ruled accused Arizona shooter not competent to stand trial [this day at law]
May 25, 2012 by Cody Harding
On May 25, 2011, the US District Court for the District of Arizona ruled that accused shooter Jared Lee Loughner was not competent to stand trial due to mental illness. The decision was based on reports that Loughner was schizophrenic. He was charged with the shooting death of Chief Judge John.... [more]
Towards Exempting the Severely Mentally Ill from the Death Penalty
April 30, 2012 by Leigh Argentieri
JURIST Guest Columnist Olga Vlasova, Brooklyn Law School Class of 2013, is the Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow. She argues for prohibiting the death penalty for severely mentally ill offenders...According to Mental Health America, about 10 percent of all death row inmates suffer from a serious.... [more]
Federal judge rules accused Arizona shooter not competent to stand trial
May 26, 2011 by Zach Zagger
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that accused Arizona shooter, Jared Lee Loughner, is not competent to stand trial due to mental illness. Judge Larry Burns for the US District Court for the District of Arizona made the ruling based on separate reports by psychologist Dr. Christina Pietz and.... [more]
China executes UK national for drug smuggling
December 29, 2009 by Brian Jackson
British national Akmal Shaikh was executed Tuesday by the Chinese government after being convicted of bringing almost nine pounds of heroin into the country. Following Shaikh's 2007 arrest and November 2008 death sentence, rights groups have urged the Chinese government not to carry out the puni....... [more]
Australia rights committee urges greater legislative protections
October 8, 2009 by Brian Jackson
The Australian public wants legislative protections for human rights in their country, according to a government report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Consultation Committee. According to the report, Australians believe that their country adequately protects human rights, but that further.... [more]
Advocacy group releases mental health law guide for students
September 26, 2008 by Andrew Gilmore
The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law this week released a guide addressing the legal rights of students seeking help for mental illness or emotional distress. The report, Campus Mental Health: Know Your Rights!, provides guidance to students on privacy, academic and disciplinary.... [more]
Supreme Court lethal injection ruling allows further questionable executions [comment]
June 13, 2008 by Andrew Wood
Richard C. Dieter: The Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees on April 16, 2008, approving Kentucky's lethal injection process opened the door to a resumption of executions. Since the decision, six executions have taken place, all in the south and all by lethal injection. Many of....... [more]
US immigration officials told to seek court orders before sedating unwilling deportees
January 12, 2008 by Nick Fiske
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a memo saying that its officers are now required to obtain a judge's approval before a deportee can be sedated in order to facilitate his or her removal from the country. The memo, written by ICE Director of the Office of Detention and Remo....... [more]
Massachusetts prisons sued for allegedly violating rights of mentally ill
March 8, 2007 by Lisl Brunner
The Disability Law Center of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) on Thursday, saying the state's treatment of mentally ill prisoners violates the Constitution and the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to the suit filed in the US Distri....... [more]
Moussaoui sentencing defense continues with testimony from social worker
April 17, 2006 by Chris Buell
A social worker testified Monday that convicted Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui led a troubled childhood and adolescence that ultimately led him to radical Islamic beliefs, although Moussaoui spurned the testimony as he was led from the courtroom for a lunch recess. Jan Vogelsang testified.... [more]
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