Supreme Court strikes down life sentences for juveniles facing non-homicide charges
The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Graham v. Florida that the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments prohibits the imprisonment of a...
Supreme Court strikes down life sentences for juveniles facing non-homicide charges
The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Graham v. Florida that the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishments prohibits the imprisonment of a...
Supreme Court rules excessive force claims must be decided on nature of force
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Wilkins v. Gaddy that excessive force claims must be decided based on the nature of the force rather than the extent of the...
Canada government releases e-mails alleging torture of Afghan detainees
The Canadian government on Wednesday released more than 40 redacted e-mails sent by former diplomat Richard Colvin to then-foreign affairs minister Peter MacKay raising concerns about the torture of detainees who were transferred to Afghan...
Canada ex-defense chief rejects alleged military complicity in torture of Afghans
Canadian former Chief of Defence Staff Rick Hillier testified in front of the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan on Wednesday, denouncing allegations that Afghan detainees...
Senior Canada diplomat accuses military of complicity in torture of Afghans
A former senior Canadian diplomat alleged Wednesday that the Canadian military was complicit in the torture of Afghans by their own government, during testimony before the House of Commons Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan ....
Virginia conducts first US electric chair execution in over a year
Virginia authorities on Tuesday executed a prisoner by electric chair , conducting the country's first execution by electrocution in over a year. Former Army counterintelligence worker Larry Bill Elliott, who was convicted of a 2001 double murder,...
Supreme Court hears business method patent, Eighth Amendment cases
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in three cases. In Graham v. Florida , the Court heard arguments questioning whether the Eighth...
A federal judge on Friday delayed the execution of Ohio death row inmate Romell Broom, following several failed attempts at administering a lethal injection on Tuesday. Judge Gregory Frost of the US District Court for the Southern District of...
Federal judges deny California request to stay prison population reduction order
A federal judicial panel on Thursday denied California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's request to stay an order to reduce the prison population in the state. The request stemmed from an August ruling mandating that California reduce...
Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of life sentences for juveniles
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in four cases. In two of the cases, the Court will consider juvenile life sentences. In Graham v. Florida ,...