The Pennsylvania Superior Court on Wednesday denied a request by Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner that a judge be recused from hearing all criminal cases because the judge’s girlfriend had filed a racial discrimination complaint against the DA’s office. Krasner argued that Common Pleas Judge Scott DiClaudio has a conflict of interest because of the [...]

The Alabama Department of Corrections publicly released its death penalty protocol Wednesday following an order from a federal judge. The 17-page document describes the procedures involved with the death penalty, along with information about post-execution responsibilities. The document also describes the materials used for the implementation of the lethal injection procedure, which include the chemicals [...]

Criminal proceedings against a 93 year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard began on Thursday. The former SS guard, referred to as Bruno D., was 17 and 18 at the time of the acts and will therefore be tried in juvenile court for assisting in 5,230 murders. Between August 1944 and April 1945, Bruno D. is [...]

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that would allow the state to prosecute those who have been pardoned by the president. This law closes a loophole that previously protected those individuals from state prosecution. The governor stated, “No one is above the law and New York will not turn a blind eye to [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled Tuesday that some of the Affordable Care Act‘s nondiscrimination rules based on gender identity and termination of pregnancy violate providers’ religious freedom. Judge Reed O’Connor found that these rules, included to prevent health care discrimination, violated the Administrative Procedure Act and [...]

Violence surrounding Afghanistan’s recent elections have resulted in 85 dead and 373 injured, according to a report from the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) published Wednesday. More than 200 injuries and 28 deaths occurred on election day, September 28, primarily at the hands of a Taliban extremist group. The attacks involved grenades and other [...]

A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights warned Tuesday that Turkey may be held responsible for executions and civilian casualties that have occurred as a part of the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria. Spokesperson Rupert Colville stated that their office has received reports detailing civilian casualties as well [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in the consolidated cases referred to as Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment over whether the Constitution’s appointments clause governs the appointment of members of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico. In 2016 Congress passed the Puerto Rico [...]

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a petition to hear Wood v. Arnold, a case brought by former Christian high school student Caleigh Wood who alleged that the coursework surrounding Islam in her world history class violated her First Amendment rights. In the petition for a writ of certiorari, filed in May Wood argued [...]

US President Donald Trump issued an executive order Monday authorizing the US Department of State and Department of the Treasury to impose economic and political sanctions against Turkey in response to escalating violence in northern Syria. Trump ordered the withdrawal of US military forces from northern Syria last week after a phone call with Turkish [...]