Execution of Al Majid without response to pardon petition would be murder
Giovanni Di Stefano : "Any execution of Mr Al Majid et al after the expiry of the 'within 30 days of final judgement (Sept.4) will be deemed an act...
Execution of Al Majid without response to pardon petition would be murder
Giovanni Di Stefano : "Any execution of Mr Al Majid et al after the expiry of the 'within 30 days of final judgement (Sept.4) will be deemed an act...
Bush formally nominates Mukasey as US attorney general, resurrects Keisler as interim
US President George W. Bush Monday nominated retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey to serve as the next attorney general of the United States. Mukasey, 66, retired from the US District Court...
Bush nominating retired judge Mukasey as attorney general: reports
President Bush has decided to nominate retired federal judge Michael B. Mukasey as the next US attorney general succeeding the resigned Alberto Gonzales and will formally announce his pick Monday, according to administration...
Ex-federal judge Mukasey emerges as leading US attorney general candidate
Former federal judge Michael B. Mukasey is emerging as the leading candidate to head the US Department of Justice, the New York Times and AP reported Saturday. Mukasey, who retired from the US District Court for the...
Giovanni Di Stefano : "On the 17th March 2007 I wrote to the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, seeking leave to prosecute in the criminal courts in accordance with the Geneva Conventions...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be hanged Tuesday, according to Iraqi legal sources quoted by wire services Monday afternoon. The Iraqi government has scheduled the execution despite defense lawyers' contention...
Iraqi tribunal insists Saddam trial judge not seeking UK asylum
The Iraqi judge responsible for sentencing Saddam Hussein to death is not seeking political asylum in Great Britain, according to the Iraqi High Tribunal Sunday. Judge Rauf Rasheed Abdel-Rahman ...
Former Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb and two other suspects are scheduled to go on trial Wednesday in a Sudanese criminal court, according to a report by the official SUNA news agency . Kushayb is one of two...
JURIST Guest Columnist Lawrence Douglas, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought at Amherst College, says the trial of Saddam Hussein had little didactic value in Iraq for various reasons, but it could ironically have more impact in America on...
Saddam defense lawyers threatened with misconduct complaints after Dujail verdict
Iraqi High Tribunal officials said Sunday following the handing down of death sentences to Saddam Hussein and two others in the Dujail crimes against humanity case that they would file complaints against several defense lawyers for alleged...