The campaign to make ecocide an international crime took center stage in the Hague on Tuesday as Bangladesh, Samoa and Vanuatu advocated criminalizing environmental destruction during a virtual forum at the annual meeting of the International Criminal Court’s 123 member nations. The forum, attended by more than 1,300 individual participants, […]
Criminal Law
Police: No criminal charges in UNLV student’s death after boxing match
Las Vegas police have decided not to pursue criminal charges in the death of a 20-year-old UNLV student at a fraternity-sponsored charity boxing match, but the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s chairman said Tuesday that the panel would investigate “every aspect” of the event. Nathan Valencia, a junior, collapsed shortly after […]
New Greek law against disinformation endangers press freedom
Ignoring the many protests from national publishers and international press freedom NGOs, including RSF, the Greek parliament approved an amendment to the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure on 11 November which – by extending the definition of “false information” and reinforcing the penalties – violates the right […]
In the dust – The State Press
As the expungement process set up by Proposition 207 settles, legal advocates say those most impacted by marijuana policing are more likely to be left behind Photo by Nicholas Devor | The State Press A visual recreation of a criminal petition to expunge marijuana-related offense records. By Kiera Riley and […]
Chesa Boudin is pursuing looting charges against Union Square theft suspects. It’s a legal gamble
San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s decision last week to pursue felony looting charges for a recent wave of organized retail theft across the city is a legal gamble that may require his office to prove the crimes were the result of the coronavirus pandemic. Looting — for which Boudin […]
Gender-based cyberviolence: MEPs demand harmonised sanctions and victim support | Atualidade
The draft legislative initiative report, approved with 76 votes in favour, 8 against and 8 abstentions, restates the EU’s lack of a legal framework to combat gender-based cyber violence as well as lacking effective protection and support mechanisms for victims, despite the spike in cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
A gulf between reality and entertainment
Columnist Cameron Smith is a Memphis-born, Brentwood-raised recovering political attorney raising three boys in Nolensville, Tennessee. As our nation watched two high profile trials reach verdicts leading up to Thanksgiving, our American sense of justice was on trial. One jury freed Kyle Rittenhouse while the other condemned Ahmaud Arbery’s murderers. Despite […]
Conviction of Arbery’s Killers Puts Criminal Justice System on Trial
For generations, tough-on-crime voices have championed harsh sanctions that lead to gross racial disparities at every step of the justice system, while denying Black people the full protection of the law when subjected to violence, especially hate crimes, by private citizens. The same voices often try to hide how deeply […]
Jury Begins Deliberations in Arbery Killing
BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A jury on Tuesday began deliberating on the fate of the three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery after hearing the final, impassioned argument of the lead prosecutor, Linda Dunikoski, who pushed back against the defense’s contention that the men had the legal right to pursue […]
From Rittenhouse to Arbery, self-defense rules are on trial in America
The killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Satilla Shores, Ga., shocked the nation, with images of a black man pursued by three white men in trucks. The obvious racial elements quickly defined the trial. However, the three defendants were claiming a right that is hundreds of years old, allowing citizens to […]