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Convicted US federal judge submits resignation effective in one year
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 5:44am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] Convicted US district court judge Samuel Kent [official profile] on Tuesday submitted his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama effective June 2010, after pleading guilty [JURIST report] to obstruction of justice [18 USC § 1512(c)(2) text] charges in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of his secretary and former case manager. The delayed resignation would allow Kent -
Seventh Circuit declines to apply Second Amendment to state regulations
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 5:21am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] on Tuesday upheld [opinion, PDF] a ban on handguns in two Illinois municipalities. The panel of judges affirmed the district court ruling [opinion, PDF] that the incorporation of the Second Amendment [JURIST news archive] into the Bill of Rights as it is applied to the states is a question for the Supreme Court [official -
DOJ rejects Georgia voter verification requirements
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 5:18am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has rejected Georgia's system of voter citizenship verification by way of a Social Security and driver's license database. In a letter [text, PDF] released Monday, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King told Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker [official profile] that the proposed changes are discriminatory. Referring to -
Canada bill would allow terror victims to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 4:39am MSD by Brian Jackson
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[JURIST] Canadian Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan [official profile] on Tuesday announced [press release] the introduction of legislation [C-35 text; materials] to the House of Commons that would allow victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts. The Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act [Public Safety backgrounder] would allow any individuals who can prove a link between an -
Germany court rules Holocaust survivors eligible for pensions
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 4:19am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The Federal Social Court of Western Germany [official website, in German] ruled Tuesday that Jewish-German Holocaust [JURIST news archive] survivors as a class are eligible to collect old-age pension benefits. Specifically, the court found [DW report] that although the work performed by three particular Jewish pension claimants in connection with their concentration camp detentions -
Rights groups urge Spain to continue universal jurisdiction policy
Posted: June 3rd, 2009, 3:45am MSD by Brian Jackson
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[JURIST] Human rights groups on Tuesday called for the Spanish government to continue prosecuting those who violate international law under the principle of universal jurisdiction [AI backgrounder], sending a manifesto [text, PDF, in Spanish] to Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero [official profile, in Spanish]. The call from more than 100 human rights groups comes less than two -
China court sentences three executives for water pollution
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 12:26pm MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A court in China's Yunnan Province [official website, in Mandarin] on Tuesday sentenced three executives from a Chinese chemical company for polluting Yangzonghai Lake [Greenlaw backgrounder]. Chengjiang Jinye Industry and Trade Company chairman Li Dahong was sentenced to four years in jail [Xinhua report] and fined 300,000 yuan ($44,000 USD) by the Chengjiang County Basic Level Court, -
Iraq court convicts man in kidnapping and death of UK aid worker
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 11:14am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] An Iraqi court Tuesday convicted and sentenced an Iraqi man to life in prison for the 2004 kidnapping and killing of British aid worker Margaret Hassan [Times Online obituary]. Ali Lutfi al-Rawi, allegedly a member of a gang that kidnapped and killed Hassan in Baghdad, pleaded not guilty to the charges. After a hearing in Baghdad's Central Criminal Court, al-Rawi was found guilty [Times -
Pakistan court releases leader of group suspected in Mumbai terror attack
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 10:36am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A Pakistani court on Tuesday ended the house arrest of the founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) [CFR backgrounder], the Pakistani militant group suspected of carrying out the November 2008 Mumbai terror attack [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive]. The Lahore High Court said that there was insufficient evidence linking Hafiz Muhammad Saeed [Global Jihad backgrounder] or his charity group -
UN human rights investigators arrive in Gaza
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:51am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A team of investigators from the UN Human Rights Council [official website] arrived in Gaza Monday to begin examining alleged violations of international human rights law during December and January's fighting between Israel and Hamas. The team is headed by former South African Constitutional Court [official profile] judge Richard Goldstone, who was also the chief prosecutor at the -
Former Enron executive pleads guilty to falsifying records
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 9:26am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] Former Enron [JURIST news archive] executive Kevin Howard [DOJ materials] pleaded guilty [plea agreement, PDF] Monday to falsifying books and records in relation to Enron's broadband service. The plea resulted from accusations [complaint text] that Howard indirectly caused the false recording of revenue earnings for Enron by failing to disclose material facts to outside accountant Arthur -
Federal court stays habeas proceedings for Bagram detainees
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 7:32am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A federal court on Monday stayed habeas corpus challenges [opinion, PDF] brought by three detainees held at Bagram Air Base [official website; GlobalSecurity backgrounder] pending appeal. Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] granted a motion [text, PDF ; JURIST report] filed in April by the government asking that he certify and suspend -
Iraq PM warned US not to release detainee photos: report
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 7:27am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The decision to not release photographs [JURIST report] allegedly depicting detainee abuse followed warnings from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki [official website, in Arabic; BBC profile] that releasing the photos would cause more violence and could delay the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, according to a McClatchy report [text] published Monday. According to the report, Maliki -
DOJ increases federal protection at clinics after abortion doctor killing
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 5:58am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] US Attorney General Eric Holder [official website] said that appropriate steps would be taken [statement] to help prevent acts of violence related to the Sunday shooting of abortion doctor George Tiller [BBC profile]. Holder has enlisted the US Marshal Service [official website] to offer protection to other at-risk people and facilities in the country. Additionally, Holder maintained -
California court dismisses challenge to school gender identity discrimination law
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 5:32am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A California court on Monday dismissed [opinion, PDF] a lawsuit challenging a state law that prohibits discrimination based on gender orientation or identity in public schools. Judge Shelleyanne Chang of the Sacramento County Superior Court [official website] said that the challenge to California Education Code sections 220 and 210.7 [text] brought by Advocates for Faith and Freedom [ -
Russia court rejects Khodorkovsky appeals
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 5:13am MSD by Eszter Bardi
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[JURIST] The Moscow City Court [official backgrounder] on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos [JURIST news archive] chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his former business partner Platon Lebedev [defense website]. The court dismissed all appeals [RIA Novosti report] from the preliminary hearings concerning the second set of embezzlement, oil -
Federal judge rules Guantanamo documents must be made public
Posted: June 2nd, 2009, 3:59am MSD by Jay Carmella
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[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] denied [opinion, PDF] the government's motion on Monday to keep sealed unclassified judicial records connected to the imprisonment of Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees. Judge Thomas Hogan ruled that the public has both First Amendment and common law rights to access the unclassified documents. -
Khadr seeks dismissal of US military defense lawyers
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 12:35pm MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] Monday asked to have his US military lawyers dismissed [CBC report] for arguing and disagreeing among themselves. The disputes among the members of Khadr's US defense team arose from chief defense counsel Colonel Peter Masciola's efforts to dismiss Lieutenant Commander William Kuebler [JURIST news archive] as -
Finland prosecutor charges Rwanda pastor with genocide
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 11:34am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] Finland's Office of the Prosecutor General [official website, in Finnish] on Monday charged [press release] former Rwandan pastor Francois Bazaramba with genocide and 15 associated murders. Bazaramba is accused of organizing and carrying out the killing of more than 5,000 civilians in the in the town of Nyakizu during the 1994 Rwandan genocide [HRW backgrounder; BBC backgrounder]. -
New US border crossing rules take effect
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 10:56am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative [official website; rule, PDF] went into effect Monday, heightening document requirements [text] for entering and re-entering the US by land or sea. The initiative requires all citizens of the US, Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and Caribbean nations to have a passport or other form of approved documentation in order to enter or depart the US. The -
General Motors files for bankruptcy in US court
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 9:56am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] US automaker General Motors (GM) [corporate website] filed [case materials] for Chapter 11 [text] bankruptcy protection Monday. The proceedings will be handled by Judge Robert Gerber of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], the court which is also overseeing the bankruptcy of rival automaker Chrysler Group [corporate website]. US President -
Supreme Court grants government delay in detainee photos appeal
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 9:16am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] issued an order Monday allowing the government more time to appeal a ruling [JURIST report] mandating the release of photos allegedly depicting detainee abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan. The order, issued by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg [UPI report], follows a Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] request [motion, PDF; JURIST report] last week -
Israel cabinet rejects loyalty oath propopsal
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 9:06am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The legislative committee of the Israeli cabinet [official website] on Sunday rejected a bill that would make a declaration of allegiance to a "Jewish, Zionist and democratic" Israel a prerequisite to the issuance of a national identity card. The measure was proposed last week by Knesset [official website] member David Rotem of the Israel Beytenu [official websites] party, which was the -
Supreme Court rules mental capacity hearing does not violate double jeopardy
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 7:26am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] issued opinions in two cases on Monday. In Bobby v. Bies [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report], the Court ruled [opinion, PDF] unanimously that a post-conviction hearing to determine the mental competency of a capital defendant convicted before the Court's 2002 ruling in Atkins v. Virginia [opinion, PDF], which prohibits -
Supreme Court to rule on business method patent case
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 7:12am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in Bilski v. Doll [docket; cert. petition, PDF] to review the scope of patentable subject matter. The Court will review a US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [official website] en banc ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] which affirmed a Board of Patent Appeals and -
Federal bankruptcy judge approves sale of Chrysler assets to Fiat
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 5:33am MSD by Andrew Morgan
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[JURIST] A federal bankruptcy judge on Sunday approved the sale of most of the assets currently held by Chrysler Group to Italian automaker Fiat S.p.A. [corporate websites]. Judge Arthur Gonzales of the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] approved a bankruptcy plan that would transfer 55 percent of Chrysler to a United Auto Workers (UAW) [union website] -
Nevada legislature passes same-sex partnership law overriding governor veto
Posted: June 1st, 2009, 5:33am MSD by Christian Ehret
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[JURIST] The Nevada Assembly [official website] on Sunday approved a same-sex partnership law [SB 283, PDF; materials], overriding the governor's veto [press release, PDF] by a 28-14 vote [roll call vote]. The measure, passed in the state senate [roll call vote] a day earlier by the requisite two-thirds vote, seeks to give same-sex partners the same rights, protections, and benefits as are given