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11 Apr 2014, 7:22 am by Addison Morris
[JURIST] The Beijing Supreme People's Court on Friday upheld the four-year prison sentence of legal activist Xu Zhiyong [JURIST news archive] for "gathering a crowd to disturb public order." [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 8:34 am
A Tampa Bay Army veteran has been sentenced to more than two decades in prison as the result of a Florida drunk driving accident, according to Channel 10 News. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 8:00 am
New Jersey’s racial disparity in prisons is the worst in the nation — we incarcerate Black New Jerseyans at 12 times the rate of whites. [read post]
The post Cambodia opposition leader sentenced to 27 years in prison for treason appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 7:01 am by Lebowitz & Mzhen
The New York Times reported on the significant pain and grief the relatives of the victims experienced as a result of losing their loved ones. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 5:21 am
We grant AT&T’s petition for review, vacate the Board’s decision and order with respect to the “Inmate/Prisoner” shirts, and deny the Board’s cross-application for enforcement.Southern New England Telephone Company v. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 5:35 am by David
Besides the prison term this case has cost him his political office, leadership role, millions of dollars in legal fees, and allegedly caused his wife’s health to deteriorate. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 6:24 am
  A legal system that relegates the majority of our most disadvantaged populations to incarceration, and does next to nothing to help them avoid prison or to reintegrate into society upon release, invites disrespect â€â [read post]
31 Mar 2022, 8:41 am by JURIST Staff
  The post Belarus dispatch: published figures on the number of political prisoners are not reliable appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
22 Nov 2008, 4:00 am
Then to insinuate that European Defense Funds set up for death row prisoners are used to allow those prisoners to indulge in some criminal activities is absolutely unsubstantiated and very misleading for the public, which for the most part has little knowledge or understanding of prison life, prison rules and procedures or the extent of the endemic corruption in the legal system financed with its tax dollars. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 6:02 am by charonqc
Bar Council Chairman Sets Out ‘Radical and Progressive Vision’ for the Future of the Bar Publishing a new blueprint for the profession – The future of the Bar – the Chairman called, amongst other things, for the Bar to: Embrace new business structures that enable it to capitalise upon the opportunities presented by the Legal Services Act 2007 Work constructively with the Government on ways and means to save money which do not harm the… [read post]
28 Mar 2007, 6:40 am
March 28, 2007Pardoned death row prisoner Stanley Howard:The legal lynchings that still go on todaySocialist WorkerSTANLEY HOWARD is a former death row prisoner who was pardoned bythen-Illinois Gov. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 9:00 am
The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 11:54 pm
The latest issue of International Legal Materials (Vol. 55, no. 6, 2016) is out. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 1:08 pm
This ban was enshrined in Schedule 3 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 as amended by the Representation of the People Act 1985:3 Disfranchisement of offenders in prison etc(1) A convicted person during the time that he is detained in a penal institution in pursuance of his sentence [or unlawfully at large when he would otherwise be so detained] is legally incapable of voting at any parliamentary or local government election.(2) For this purpose -(a) "convicted… [read post]
26 Oct 2018, 11:16 am by Thomas DeLorenzo
The post Former New York Senate majority leader sentenced to 51 months for corruption appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 8:36 am
Those views are shared by Alex Friedmann, associate editor of Prison Legal News, a nonprofit group based in Seattle that has a monthly magazine and does litigation on behalf of inmates' rights. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 3:19 pm by Lyle Denniston
But a host of legal, including constitutional, issues surround all such potential prosecutions, and some of those issues, too, are likely ultimately to make their way to the Supreme Court in the next few Terms. [read post]