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Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States. Millions of men and women readied themselves for work. Some made their way to the Twin Towers, the signature structures of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Others went to Arlington, Virginia, to the Pentagon. Across the Potomac River, the United States Congress was back in session. At the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue, people began to line up for a White House tour. In Sarasota, Florida, President George W. Bush went for an early morning run... [ 9/11 Commission Report ]
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ACLU seeks federal investigation into rights abuses on US-Mexico border
May 12, 2012
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a compliant with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking a federal investigation into allegations of abuse of individuals at ports of entries (POEs) along the U.S.-Mexico border by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. The c....... [more]
US hedge fund founder convicted of insider trading
May 11, 2012
On May 11, 2011, a jury in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York convicted Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam on 14 counts of insider trading. Rajaratnam was convicted of providing multiple hedge funds with material nonpublic information about several corporations....... [more]
Canada man pleaded guilty in first terrorism fundraising case
May 11, 2012
On May 11, 2011, Canadian resident Prapaharan Thambithurai pleaded guilty to raising money for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Canada's first case involving fundraising for a banned terrorist group. LTTE was a separatist military group that operated in Sri Lanka between 1976- 2009, i....... [more]
Accused bomber sued Poland over secret CIA prison
May 10, 2012
On May 10, 2011, lawyers for the accused USS Cole bomber, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, have filed suit against Poland in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over their client's alleged torture at a secret CIA prison located in the country. An investigation by the Polish government into the existen....... [more]
Ecuador voters approved judicial and social reforms
May 7, 2012
On May 7, 2011, Ecuadorian voters approved a series of judicial, social and other governmental reforms backed by President Rafael Correa and approved by the Constitutional Court of Ecuador. The judicial reforms included provisions to dissolve the standing oversight body and replace it with a tempora....... [more]
Charles Taylor prosecutors seeking 80-year sentence for war crimes
May 4, 2012
The chief prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recommended Thursday that former Liberian president Charles Taylor be sentenced to 80 years for war crimes. Taylor was convicted last week on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's decade-long ci....... [more]
Charles Taylor's Conviction: Reflections of a Prosecutor
May 3, 2012
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that Charles Taylor's conviction should serve as a warning to others who commit war crimes and crimes against humanity...I looked into his eyes when the presiding judge rendered the unanimous judgment of the trial cham....... [more]
Spain court sentenced Somali pirates to 439 years
May 3, 2012
On May 3, 2011, the Spanish National Court sentenced two Somali pirates to 439 years in prison each for their involvement in the 2009 highjacking of a Spanish fishing boat, Alakran, off the coast of Somalia. Cabdiweli Cabdullahi and Raageggesey Hassan Aji were apprehended when they sailed away from....... [more]
New York City subway bomb plotter found guilty
May 1, 2012
A jury in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday convicted naturalized American citizen Adis Medunjanin for his role in a conspiracy to bomb the New York City subway system in September 2009. Medunjanin, a Bosnian immigrant, was convicted on all nine counts, including....... [more]
US forces killed Osama bin Laden in firefight
May 1, 2012
On May 1, 2011, US President Barack Obama announced that a small team of US military personnel attacked a Pakistani compound in which al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had been hiding, killing Bin Laden and taking possession of his body. Bin Laden had topped the US list of Most Wanted Terrorists for h....... [more]
Charles Taylor convicted of war crimes
April 26, 2012
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Thursday convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war. Trial Chamber II found unanimously that Taylor aided and abetted Revolutionary United Front....... [more]
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