Former head of Russia oil giant Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky was transferred Monday from the pre-trial detention facility where he was being held, reportedly to the prison where he will serve his 8-year sentence for tax evasion and fraud. When members of the legal team representing Khodorkovsky's jailed colleague, Platon Lebedev, attempted to speak to their [...]
The Kuwaiti ambassador to Washington announced Sunday that five of the 11 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo Bay would "soon" be released to the government of Kuwait and tried before a court in that country. Sheikh Salem Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah did not provide a specific date but said the countries were in negotiations for the specifics [...]
A request made by lawyers for Saddam Hussein to delay the October 19 start of his trial on charges stemming from a 1982 massacre at Dujail was rejected Sunday by the Iraqi Special Tribunal considering his case. If convicted, Hussein faces the death penalty and statutes require that execution by hanging takes place within 30 [...]
Shiite and Kurdish officials held last-minute negotiations with Sunni Arab leaders Sunday in an attempt to win Sunni support of Iraq's proposed constitution . The document, which will be voted on in an October 15th referendum , has divided both sides, especially over the issue of federalism. Many influential Sunnis are calling for a "no" [...]
US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is likely to face intense questioning from both parties on her views on privacy rights and her qualifications for the job, Sen. Arlen Specter , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Sunday. Specter told ABC's "This Week" program that he expects Miers to demonstrate that she can handle [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Eileen Gauna of Southwestern University School of Law. now visiting at the University of New Mexico, says that the Hurricane Katrina disaster is a classic instance of environmental injustice, the longstanding pattern whereby people of color and the poor are exposed to greater environmental risk while receiving fewer environmental amenities… Katrina was [...]
Assembly Bill No. 450, California Legislature, February 15, 2005, signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, October 7, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
UK House Leader Geoff Hoon said Sunday that the government is open to compromise on a proposed addition to the draft Terrorism Bill that would allow police to detain terrorism suspects for up to three months without bringing formal charges. The proposed measure is expected to draw criticism from opposition parties during parliamentary debate Monday, [...]
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that bans the sale or rental of violent video games to minors under the age of 17, and requires retailers to label violent games as such. The bill cites several factors to be used to determine whether a video game is violent, including "infliction of gratuitous violence [...]
A source close to the Iraqi Special Tribunal said Sunday that the trial of Saddam Hussein , scheduled for October 19th , might be adjourned after several days of procedural arguments. Hussein's lawyer Khalil Dulaimi filed petitions last month seeking to delay the trial, in addition to a petition challenging the jurisdiction of the Iraqi [...]