Kevin Scott : "The balance that needs to be struck on the use of testimony from anonymous witnesses at criminal trials is between the protection of witnesses and the need for a fair trial. In the...
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G. Eugene Martin : "I am encouraged by recent news of an agreement between the government of the Philippines and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiators but am somewhat skeptical...
Aaron Zisser : "The first week of the first trial at Guantánamo Bay did not seem, at first glance, particularly extraordinary. True, there were some obvious differences between civilian courts and the military commission [Human...
Frank Kendall : "From July 14 to July 18, I attended several pre-trial motions hearings in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for Salim Hamdan , who is now in his second week of trial before a Military...
Farzana Hassan : "The statistics are alarming. Eight women and one man have been sentenced to death over an adultery conviction in none other than, Ayatollah, mullah-ridden Iran. As if criminalizing adultery in the absence of a...
OMB Watch "Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice asserted in federal court that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) should be immune from lawsuits filed in response to the massive formaldehyde contamination that has plagued hurricane recovery housing. FEMA...
Daniel N. Arshack : "The FISA Amendments Act passed by the House (H.R. 6304) allows the mass acquisition of U.S. citizens' and residents' international communications. Although the Act prohibits the government from intentionally "targeting"...
Richard C. Dieter : "There is no question that treaties that have been signed and ratifed by the U.S. government are the "law of the land" and can be binding on states with the same...
Bryan McCann : "Two years ago, a fellow anti-death penalty activist and I participated in a public debate on the University of Texas campus with the Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT). No...
Nadav Greenberg : "Yesh Din's latest fact sheet indicates a disturbing trend. Our findings show that a mere one out of ten cases of settler crimes against Palestinians results in an indictment. This is a troubling reminder of...
