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Terrorism
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Century knocked off man’s terror-support sentence”
Main January 27, 2011"Century knocked off man's terror-support sentence"The title of this post comes from the headline of this AP story, which gets started this way: In the shadow of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Former GTMO detainee gets LWOP federal sentence despite jury acquittal on hundreds of counts
Main January 25, 2011Former GTMO detainee gets LWOP federal sentence despite jury acquittal on hundreds of countsAs detailed in this CBS News report, which is headlined "Ghailani Gets Life Sentence…
Media Law Prof Blog
Freedom of Speech and Support for Terrorism
Daphne Barak-Erz, Tel Aviv University Buchmann Faculty of Law, and David Scharia, Counter Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, UN Security Council, have published Freedom of Speech, Support for Terrorism, and the…
International Law Prof Blog
Some Responses to the New Year’s Eve Church Bombing in Egypt
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the New Year's Eve bomb attack that killed 21 people and wounded 70 others at the al-Qiddissin Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt. He…
CrimProf Blog
Said on the Terrorist Informant
Wadie E. Said (University of South Carolina School of Law) has posted The Terrorist Informant (Washington Law Review, Vol. 85, No. 4, 2010) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:A man sets himself on…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Report: Promises to Keep: Diplomatic Assurances Against Torture in US Terrorism Transfers .
Today, Columbia Law School released a report Promises to Keep: Diplomatic Assurances Against Torture in US Terrorism Transfers . "Diplomatic assurances" are promises not to torture. The US and other…
International Law Prof Blog
Tom McDonnell on the Struggle Against Terrorism
Here's a reminder about Thomas Michael McDonnell, a professor at Pace Law School, who published a book called The United States, International Law, and the Struggle Against Terrorism. The publisher…
ImmigrationProf Blog
NJ’s Terroristic Threats Statute Ruled a Divisible Statute.
Lazaro Javier Larios v. U.S. Attorney GeneralU.S. Court of Appeals Third CircuitNo. 08-33062010 U.S. App. Lexis 23837November 19, 2010Mr. Lazaro Javier Larios, a Salvadoran immigrant was convicted in 1998 of…
Media Law Prof Blog
Terrorism and Online Speech Rules
Steven R. Morrison, University of North Dakota School of Law, is publishing Terrorism Online: Is Speech the Same as It Ever Was? in the 2010 volume of the Creighton Law Review.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Ghailani Still Faces Stiff Penalty for Bombings”
Main November 18, 2010"Ghailani Still Faces Stiff Penalty for Bombings"The title of this post is the headline of this lengthy and effective new CBS News piece discussing some of the…