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21 Feb 2024, 1:04 pm by Hannah Zhao
Incarceration rates in the United States have long been among the highest in the world, and in response to the systemic flaws and biases unveiled by the renewed scrutiny of the criminal legal system, many advocates have championed new policies aimed at reducing sentences and improving conditions in prisons. [read post]
21 Feb 2024, 8:46 am by JURIST Staff
In 2022, the property of the political prisoner Viktar Babaryka and his son Eduard Babaryka was put up for sale. [read post]
21 Feb 2024, 5:58 am by Holly
The civil penalty is $500 per day for every day that the business is in violation; the criminal penalty is up to two years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. [read post]
The post Tunisia opposition leader initiates hunger strike in prison appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
20 Feb 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
    The U.S. saw more state violence, deaths, casualties, and prison terms meted out against trade unionists and striking workers than any of the world’s other leading industrial nations in this era. [read post]
19 Feb 2024, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
In fact, anyone who appreciates lawyerly precision has probably read plenty of news stories about legal affairs that gloss over lawyerly distinctions or contain inadvertent mischaracterizations of legal or procedural concepts. [read post]
18 Feb 2024, 6:16 pm by Elise Baker
The Association of Detainees and the Missing in Sednaya Prison and Global Survivors Fund may offer lessons learned on this model, as they are currently working with survivors of sexual violence in Syria to administer interim reparative measures. [read post]
The original nine-count indictment alleged that McGonigal had a legal duty to file an annual public financial disclosure report while in charge of the FBI New York Field Office. [read post]
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. [read post]
18 Feb 2024, 6:00 am by Lawrence Solum
Let us call those actions that change legal relationships or statuses in the actual world "legal practice. [read post]
17 Feb 2024, 2:47 am by INFORRM
Zamora is the founder and president of elPeriódico, who has been in prison since July 2022; the legal process against him is widely considered as retaliation for his investigations of corruption. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 9:30 pm by ernst
"  Last semester, in the  course titled “Research Methods in Judicial History,” Yale students "had the opportunity to delve into the working papers of former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart ’37 LAW ’41 (Yale Daily News).Jake Kobrick, Associate Historian at the Federal Judicial Center, has a nice post on Eighth Amendment Prison Litigation on the FJC website. [read post]
The post Pakistan former PM Imran Khan appeals convictions in 3 cases appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 11:50 am by Tilem & Associates
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  This is not the first time Breivik has brought a legal challenge to his conditions of isolation within prison. [read post]
The prison is a Category A prison known for housing high-profile inmates, especially those involved in cases of national security. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 4:32 am by Beatrice Yahia
  GLOBAL DEVELOPMENTS Russia’s jailed opposition leader and longtime Putin critic Alexei Navalny died in a Russian prison colony today, Russian’s prison service announced, without giving a cause of death. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 3:42 am by Jon Hyman
DEI Faces Increased Legal and Leadership Scrutiny Heading into 2024 — via EntertainHR Zoom declares new DEI approach as tech industry trims diversity investments — via HR Dive Did Your Employee Call Off Today Due to Super Bowl Flu? [read post]