The US Department of Defense (DOD) Thursday announced the transfer of Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush, a prisoner held at Guantanamo Bay, to Algeria. With his transfer, 30 detainees remain at Guantanamo Bay. In a statement, the DOD announced that Guantanamo’s Periodic Review Board (PRB) determined it was “no longer necessary” to hold Bakush [...]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Thursday signed a bill into law that allows juries to recommend the death penalty without unanimous consent. For a jury to recommend the death penalty under Florida law, the jury must unanimously confirm there was an “aggravating factor” present to warrant capital punishment. Aggravating factors include if the crime was especially cruel [...]

GenBioPro Inc., US maker of the generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone, Wednesday filed a lawsuit in a Maryland federal court to ensure continued access to its product. The move comes only a day after the US Supreme Court extended access to the branded version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, while the court reviews a legal [...]

The US Supreme Court Wednesday released an order temporarily extending access to the abortion pill mifepristone, giving the court more time to consider the suspension of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the drug over 20 years ago. The extension ensures that mifepristone will remain widely available while the court assesses the US [...]

The Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) on Wednesday approved an expansion of the state’s controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. The law, part of the Florida Administrative Code, Principles of Professional Conduct for the Education Profession in Florida, previously prohibited any intentional instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity to students in kindergarten through 3rd grade. [...]

Brazilian Institutional Security Bureau executive Marcos Goncalves Dias Wednesday resigned following leaked footage of his participation in Brazil’s capital riots. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told reporters from Brazil’s O Tempo that Dias left of his own volition. On January 8, 2023, supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the Brazilian congressional buildings, [...]

The family of a 29-year-old man who was killed as a result of a police beating during a traffic stop in January filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against the City of Memphis, its police department, and the officers involved. In January, five officers performed a traffic stop on Tyre Nichols and brutally beat him after [...]

A new report released by the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) has dubbed 2022 the “Year of the Botched Execution,” shedding light on critical issues that mire the capital punishment process in the US — including racial discrimination and problems with prosecutorial accountability. The report highlights that botched executions and protocol errors have led to [...]

On April 7, US District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued an order suspending the FDA’s approval of mifepristone based on a lawsuit filed against the FDA by the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine — an organization comprising four anti-abortion medical associations, and four anti-abortion doctors. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit then partially blocked [...]

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed Monday proposed a conference in Afghanistan to discuss recognition of the country’s Taliban government. Speaking to an audience at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Mohammed said that the UN is hoping to gather diplomatic envoys in the region in the coming weeks to “have that first meeting [...]