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5 May 2004, 9:10 am
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled 7-2 Wednesday that it would not spare the life of a death row inmate with a IQ of 70 who claimed he was retarded (and who is known by fellow-inmates as "Half-Deck" because of his limited mental skills). [read post]
21 Sep 2006, 7:07 am
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] has ruled [opinion, PDF] that a program in San Diego County [official website] which uses peace officers to search the homes of welfare applicants without having warrants does not violate constitutional bars against unreasonable searches or invasion of privacy. [read post]
26 May 2013, 7:00 am
., May 20, 2013), the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals rejected a free exercise of religion defense raised by the president of Sacred Truth Mission church to drug charges. [read post]
12 Aug 2005, 3:15 am
[JURIST] The US First Circuit Court of Appeals held [PDF opinion] Thursday that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) [text], which updated the Wiretap Act [text] to include electronic communications, should be broadly interpreted to allow an e-mail provider alleged to have read correspondence in transit to customers to be tried on federal charges. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 5:42 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] Monday dismissed a challenge to the constitutionality of changes to copyright law made in the 1990s. [read post]
26 Feb 2007, 3:07 pm
[JURIST] Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil [advocacy website; HRinfo backgrounder] Monday filed an appeal of his four-year prison sentence on charges of inciting sedition, insulting Islam, harming national unity and insulting the president in remarks he posted on his Internet blog [website, in Arabic] that attacked conservative Muslims. [read post]
24 Mar 2007, 12:30 pm
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] affirmed a civil contempt ruling [JURIST report] against former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian [advocacy website; JURIST news archive] Friday, rejecting al-Arian's argument that his plea agreement [text, PDF] exempted him from testifying before a Virginia grand jury. [read post]
2 May 2008, 11:03 am
[JURIST] International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news archive] Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz filed an appeal Friday against the court's acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj [TrialWatch profile; ICTY case backgrounder, PDF]. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 8:55 pm
Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. [read post]
20 Jan 2007, 6:06 am
[JURIST] A Moroccan criminal appeal court Friday acquitted five former Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees of terrorism charges related to the men's connection with Salafia Jihadia [MIPT backgrounder] and unrelated to their detention at Guantanamo Bay, where three of the men spent up to 4 1/2 years in US custody. [read post]
3 Oct 2007, 8:57 am
[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] filed a certiorari petition [PDF text] Wednesday asking the US Supreme Court [official website] to hear a challenge of the government's domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] that was rejected [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] by the US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals [official website] in July. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 7:13 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that strip searching all incoming inmates does not violate the Fourth Amendment [text] and is necessary to prevent illegal substances from entering prisons. [read post]
9 Dec 2005, 12:06 am
[JURIST] A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling that would have allowed a same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive] in New York City. [read post]
27 Jan 2007, 9:51 am
[JURIST] A Jordanian appeals court has upheld a military court's death sentence [JURIST report] for a would-be Iraqi suicide bomber who attempted to detonate a suicide bomb as part of a series of 2005 deadly hotel bombings in Amman. [read post]
5 Dec 2006, 7:01 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Tuesday that the Kamehameha Schools [education website], a private school that accepts no federal funding, can utilize an admissions policy [text] that gives priority to Native Hawaiian students before admitting non-Native Hawaiians. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 12:03 am
[JURIST] A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Thursday upheld [opinion, PDF] an earlier ruling [JURIST report] by a federal district court to vacate the conviction of former Enron [JURIST news archive] CFO Kevin Howard [Houston Chronicle profile]. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 6:14 am
[JURIST] The US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals [official website] withdrew [judgment, PDF] class action status Tuesday from Enron shareholders who filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit [class action website] in October 2001. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 7:53 am
[JURIST] US Vice President Joe Biden [official profile] announced [YouTube video] Saturday that the US will appeal a ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] dismissing voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges against five Blackwater [JURIST news archive] guards who were indicted for their involvement in the deaths of 17 Iraqi civilians [JURIST report] in September 2007. [read post]
9 Jun 2006, 8:29 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Friday upheld [PDF text] the Federal Communication Commission's ability to require broadband Internet companies and Internet phone service providers to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) [text; FCC materials], which requires telecommunications companies to allow law [read post]
25 Apr 2008, 5:35 pm
[JURIST] A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday overturned [opinion, PDF] a lower court ruling dismissing an antitrust class action lawsuit against a group of banks that require credit cardholders to use arbitration to settle disputes. [read post]
