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Legal news from Tuesday, February 4, 2003



Election of International Criminal Court judges
Bernard Hibbitts on February 4, 2003 3:54 PM ET

[JURIST] Watch recorded video from the UN of voting and first ballot results in the election of 18 judges to the new International Criminal Court [UN backgrounder]. Second ballot voting will proceed on Wednesday. Learn more about the election procedure from UN Radio.






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SEC open meeting
Bernard Hibbitts on February 4, 2003 3:45 PM ET

[JURIST] The US Securities and Exchange Commission has posted recorded audio of Tuesday's open meeting on securities depository rules and investment company compliance systems. A press release summarizing actions taken at the meeting is also available.






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Ohio death penalty ruling
Bernard Hibbitts on February 4, 2003 2:10 PM ET

[JURIST] The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday overturned an Ohio death penalty conviction on grounds that the trial judge's instruction to the jury leaving the impression that juror unanimity was required to mitigate the punishment from death to life imprisonment clearly violated the Eighth Amendment. Read Davis v. Mitchell [opinion text].






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Law and African development
Bernard Hibbitts on February 4, 2003 2:01 PM ET

[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan stressed the connection between the rule of law and development [UN press release] in a message Tuesday to a conference of African jurists in Nigeria.






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Microsoft stay order in Java suit
Bernard Hibbitts on February 4, 2003 11:34 AM ET

[JURIST] Review Monday's order [PDF text] granting Microsoft a stay and expedited appeal of a lower court ruling [PDF text] directing it to provide a Windows-based version of Sun Microsystem's Java language.






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