Canada transferred US Army deserter Robin Long back to US custody Tuesday following a decision by the Federal Court of Canada denying his asylum request. Long is the first of an estimated 200 US military personnel avoiding...
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Virginia lethal injection procedure does not violate Constitution: federal appeals court
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled . Thursday that Virginia's method of execution by lethal injection does not violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Virginia death row...
DOJ admits overlooking military law in Supreme Court child rape case
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that it had mistakenly failed to brief the Supreme Court on the existence of a military law allowing capital punishment for child rape before the...
US fails to protect against unlawful executions: UN investigator
The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said ...
A number of politicians have denounced Wednesday's US Supreme Court ruling that the death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment for the rape of a child. At a press conference, Democratic Party...
Kennedy v. Louisiana, US Supreme Court, June 25, 2008 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported...
Supreme Court rules in child rape, Sixth Amendment, Exxon damages cases
The US Supreme Court handed down four decisions Wednesday, including Exxon v. Baker , in which the Court ruled 5-3 to reduce a punitive damages award to be paid by...
Texas death penalty out of step with public attitudes in post-Baze America
Bryan McCann : "When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Baze v. Rees case that Kentucky's lethal injection protocol did not constitute cruel and unusual...
Texas holds first execution since Supreme Court ruling on lethal injection
Convicted rapist and murderer Karl Eugene Chamberlain was executed by lethal injection at a Texas prison Wednesday evening. His death marked the state's first execution since the US Supreme Court's April ruling in Baze v....
Texas integrity unit to study statewide criminal justice reform
A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge announced Wednesday the creation of an oversight committee designed to increase the effectiveness of the state criminal-justice system and to ensure its procedures are both reasonable and legal. Judge...