February 2008 - Page 37 of 37 - JURIST

China charges rights activist with inciting subversion

February 1, 2008 09:05:00 am

Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia has been formally arrested and charged with inciting subversion of state power, his lawyer said Friday. His lawyer said that Hu's father had been allowed to visit Hu in jail recently, marking the...

READ MORE ▸

News

Fourth Guantanamo Bay detainee faces military commission charges

Jaime Jansen

February 1, 2008 08:35:00 am

The US military has charged a Guantanamo Bay detainee with attempted murder and intentionally causing serious bodily harm, the Defense Department said Thursday. Mohammed Jawad , an Afghan national, allegedly threw a grenade...

READ MORE ▸

News

Senate panel approves federal judiciary pay raise

Jaime Jansen

February 1, 2008 08:00:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee approved a 29 percent pay raise for all federal judges Thursday by a margin of 10-7. If passed by Congress, the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 would...

READ MORE ▸

News

Federal judge rules Noriega can remain in US until extradition appeals exhausted

Mike Rosen-Molina

February 1, 2008 07:18:00 am

US District Judge Paul Huck ruled Thursday that former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega will remain in the US until all appeals relating to an extradition request by France have been exhausted. Earlier this month,...

READ MORE ▸

Newest
Newer
33
34
35
36
37

THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court heard New York Times v. Sullivan

On January 6, 1964, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the free speech/free press case of New York Times v. Sullivan. Columbia Law School professor Herbert Wechsler argued for the petitioner. Listen to the oral arguments on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia database at Northwestern University.

Charles I of England put on trial

On January 6, 1649, the Parliament of England voted to put Charles I on trial for high treason following the English Civil War. Prior to the vote, a group of soldiers purged Parliament of Members they believed would vote in the King's favor, creating the Rump Parliament. The Rump Parliament then voted on January 6 to create the High Court of Justice, which would serve as the body to try King Charles. He was convicted on January 27 and finally executed on January 30 of that same year.

Learn more about the trial of King Charles I of England.