Hall v. Florida: Over Relying on a Single Source to Set a National Standard
JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Schneider, Syracuse University College of Law, Class of 2015, explores criticisms of the DSM-5 after the US Supreme Court used it as the sole national standard to define intellectual disability in Hall v. Florida...In its...
Georgia's Cruel and Unusual Standard for Proving Mental Retardation
Terrica Ganzy, Southern Center for Human Rights
California Becomes First State to Crack Down on 'Gay Cures' for Minors
Ted Lieu, California State Senate
Impossible Proof: Intellectual Disabilities and the Death Penalty
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues Warren Hill was improperly sentenced to death and that Georgia should adopt a "preponderance of evidence" standard for mentally disabled claims in capital offense cases...Ten...
SEC sues investors for insider trading in acquisition of biosciences corporation
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed an insider trading complaint against unknown investors in Martek Biosciences Corp. , claiming that the investors purchased an unusually large number of call options in Martek...
Europe rights court hears case against Russia by bankrupt Yukos oil company
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday heard an unlawful prosecution case brought by bankrupt oil company Yukos against the Russian government for allegedly illegally prosecuting the company for tax...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on US Attorney General Eric Holder to commission a special prosecutor to investigate tactics used by CIA interrogators against terrorism...
Senate committee considers 'truth commission' to investigate Bush policies
Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-VT) called for the creation of a truth commission to investigate the national security policies of the George W. Bush...
Leahy announces hearings on truth commission for Bush-era policies
US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced on Wednesday that the Committee is set to begin hearings on the creation of a truth commission charged with investigating the national security policies of the George W....
Tennessee high court allows execution of people with late-onset mental retardation
The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state can execute a defendant who begins to exhibit symptoms comparable with mental retardation after the age of 18. Under Tennessee's criminal code , mental retardation is...
