Ohio death penalty ruling [6th Circuit] News
Ohio death penalty ruling [6th Circuit]

Davis v. Mitchell, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, February 4, 2003 [overturning an Ohio death penalty conviction on the grounds that the trial judge's instruction to the jury left the impression that juror unanimity was required to mitigate the punishment from death to life imprisonment, violating the Eighth Amendment]. Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here

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South Africa becomes first country on continent to legalize same-sex marriage

Same-sex marriages became legal in South Africa on November 30, 2006 as the country's Civil Union Act, 2006 went into effect, making South Africa the only country on the African continent to legalize same-sex marriage. Read the Civil Union Act, 2006.