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Oklahoma Department of Corrections Wednesday reversed a decision denying the presence of Scott Eizember’s spiritual advisor at his execution. The reversal of the decision was announced by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Steven Harpe. Eizember’s execution by lethal injection is scheduled for 10 am on Thursday, 12 January. Rev. Jeff Hood was initially denied [...]

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Concepcion v. United States that judges should have sentencing discretion under the 2018 First Step Act and 2010 Fair Sentencing act in crack-cocaine cases. The 2010 Fair Sentencing Act brought crack-cocaine sentencing more in-line with cocaine sentencing. Prior to the act, crack-cocaine sentences were far harsher than cocaine [...]

US citizen Allison Fluke-Ekren has pleaded guilty to organizing and leading an all-female troop in Syria on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). According to prosecutors, Fluke-Ekren trained more than 100 women for the battalion known as the Khatiba Nusaybah. She served as their leader and trained them for the “use [...]

A federal judge Tuesday increased the prison sentence of a man convicted of planning to join ISIS and to attack an FBI agent. US District Judge Margo Brodie had originally sentenced Fareed Mumuni to 17 years in prison. Following a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit which called the sentence [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a young lawyer reports on a new Taliban decree issued Saturday on the wearing of hijabs by Afghan women. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name. The text has only been [...]

A Minnesota district court sentenced former police officer Kim Potter to two years in prison on Friday. Potter, the officer responsible for killing Daunte Wright last April, was sentenced on the charge of first-degree manslaughter. Convicted in December for first- and second-degree manslaughter, Potter was sentenced only on the more serious charge per Minnesota law. [...]

The Department of Justice Monday partially unsealed a 21-count indictment of China-based telecommunications company Hytera Communications Corp. LTD on charges of conspiring to commit theft of trade secrets of rival Motorola Solutions Inc. The 15 trade secrets, which constitute the core subject of Monday’s federal indictment, pertain to the source code, design and implementation of operation [...]

Papua New Guinea abolished the death penalty on Friday. Capital punishment had originally been abolished by the Australian administration in 1970. However, it was reinstated by the government in 1991 under the leadership of Prime Minister Rabbi Namaliu for willful murder, in relation to treason and privacy. The country has not executed anyone since 1954. [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Concepcion v. United States, a case pertaining to sentencing requirements and reductions for drug offenses under the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 and the First Step Act. In 2008, Carlos Concepcion was found guilty of one count of possession of at least five grams of cocaine base [...]

A jury Thursday found former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter guilty on both first- and second-degree manslaughter charges for fatally shooting Daunte Wright. Kim Potter, a 26-year-old police veteran in the state, was arrested in April following the killing of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old black man. Following the shooting, both Potter and Tim Gannon, the chief [...]