Right to counsel ruling [US SC] News
Right to counsel ruling [US SC]

Montejo v. Louisiana, US SC, May 26, 2009 [overturning Michigan v. Jackson, which found that the Sixth Amendment required that police cease interrogations after a suspect had invoked his right to counsel, ruling that the Fifth Amendment provides adequate protection]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.


Montejo v Louisiana

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European Court ruled against hitting schoolchildren in the UK

On February 25, 1982, in Campbell & Cosans v. The United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that parents can prevent teachers in the United Kingdom from striking their schoolchildren. At the time of the court's decision, the UK was the only Western European nation that permitted corporal punishment in schools.