Connecticut Repeal of Capital Punishment Signals National Trend
May 16, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Ben Jones, Executive Director for the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, says that Connecticut's repeal of the death penalty is one of the first of a trend of states moving away from capital punishment ...Last month, the Connecticut General Assembly passed legis....... [more] 
Egypt court convicted ex-tourism minister of corruption
May 10, 2012
On May 10, 2011, an Egyptian criminal court convicted the country's former tourism minister, Zoheir Garranah, of corruption. Garranah was found to have sold public land in the Red Sea province below market value to two businessmen, which the court said was illegally allocating public land to private....... [more]
HRW: Syria committed war crimes during recent peace negotiations
May 2, 2012
Syrian government forces committed war crimes when they killed at least 95 civilians and destroyed hundreds of houses during a two-week offensive in the province of Idlib during ceasefire negotiations, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. The report, titled "They Burned My Heart": War Crimes in No....... [more]
Towards Exempting the Severely Mentally Ill from the Death Penalty
April 30, 2012
JURIST Guest Columnist Olga Vlasova, Brooklyn Law School Class of 2013, is the Sparer Public Interest Law Fellow. She argues for prohibiting the death penalty for severely mentally ill offenders...According to Mental Health America, about 10 percent of all death row inmates suffer from a serious men....... [more]
Connecticut governor signs death penalty repeal bill
April 25, 2012
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy on Wednesday signed legislation to repeal the death penalty. The bill was approved by the House and the Senate earlier this month. Upon signing the legislation, Malloy stated :My position on the appropriateness of the death penalty in our criminal justice system e....... [more]
California to put death penalty repeal on November ballot
April 24, 2012
An initiative to repeal California's death penalty qualified Monday for the November ballot after receiving 500,000 signatures. If approved by voters, the Savings, Accountability, and Full Enforcement for California Act (SAFE California Act) would overhaul the death penalty system in California. It....... [more]
Redefining Roper and the Juvenile Death Penalty
April 22, 2012
JURIST Assistant Editor Katherine Bacher, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2014, argues that the US Supreme Court should consider reinstating capital punishment for defendants who committed serious crimes while under the age of 18... (Her opinions are not intended to represent those o....... [more]
Egypt court dissolved Mubarak's National Democratic Party
April 16, 2012
On April 16, 2011, an Egyptian court ordered the political party of former president Hosni Mubarak, the National Democratic Party, dissolved because it would "illogical" for the party to remain following a nationwide revolution against its power. The decision came just days after the same court orde....... [more]
Connecticut House passes death penalty repeal
April 12, 2012
The Connecticut House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to repeal the death penalty by a vote of 86-63. The Connecticut Senate passed the bill last week. After the bill's final passage, Governor Dannel Malloy (D) officially announced he will sign the bill immediately:I'm pleased the House pas....... [more]
Connecticut Senate passes death penalty repeal
April 5, 2012
The Connecticut State Senate on Thursday passed SB 280, a bill which would end the sentencing of future Connecticut criminals to the death penalty. The bill was passed by a vote of 20-16 and is expected to be passed by the Connecticut House of Representatives soon. Governor Dannel Malloy has....... [more]
India urged to stop executions
March 28, 2012
Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday implored the Indian government to stop the execution of Balwant Singh Rajoana and ban all forms of capital punishment. AI claimed that if India allows the execution, the country's first since 2004, it would be moving backward and away from an international trend....... [more]
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