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Terrorism
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Penalty phase in Boston Marathon bombing capital trial scheduled to start April 21
Main April 10, 2015Penalty phase in Boston Marathon bombing capital trial scheduled to start April 21As reported in this NBC News piece, the "penalty phase in the federal trial of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Now on to therealtrial: “Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Guilty of All 30 Counts in Boston Marathon Bombing”
Main April 8, 2015Now on to the real trial: "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Is Guilty of All 30 Counts in Boston Marathon Bombing"The quoted portion of the title of this post is…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Jury Deliberates in Boston Marathon Bombing Trial
ImmigrationProf has not reported in a while about developments in the case of Dzokhar Tsarnaev and the Boston Marathon bombing.The latest news out of Boston is that jurors in the…
Cruise Law News
Is the Cruise Industry Taking Terrorism Seriously? 92% Say No
By Jim Walker
National Geographical's ombudsman Christopher Elliott just published the article which I wrote for Yahoo Travel tilted Is Cruising Safe? A Chilling Look at an Industry Under Siege. Elliott's article is titled Terrorists…
International Law Prof Blog
United Nations Condems Al Shabaab Attack on Garissa University in Kenya
The United Nations has condemned the terrorist attack carried out by Al Shabaab in Garissa, Kenya, in the strongest terms, with the Security Council members stressing their “outrage” at what…
Cov Africa
Which Way Nigeria?
The historic electoral victory by Muhammadu Buhari, the first time an opposition candidate has defeated an incumbent president in Nigeria, opens a new and unprecedented chapter in the history of…
International Law Prof Blog
Security Council Adopts Two Resolutions on Libya
Unanimously adopting two separate resolutions on Libya, the Security Council, in the first, called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and extended the United Nations Support Mission there (UNSMIL) until…
Cruise Law News
How the Next Jihadist Terror Attack Against Cruise Passengers Will Happen
By Jim Walker
For the past couple of years I've been troubled by the increasing violence in North Africa and the Middle East and the unprecedented nature of the cruelty of jihadist terrorists…
Cruise Law News
With Fingers Crossed, Cruise Lines Start Media Campaign to Downplay Threat of Terrorism
By Jim Walker
The cruise industry's favorite publication, Travel Weekly, just published an article titled After Tunis attack, Impact on Cruise Sales Pondered. The article speculates whether cruise sales will drop following the…
Cruise Law News
Update on Terror Attack Against Cruise Tourists in Tunis
By Jim Walker
As the death toll increases in Tunis, the former Director of Princess Cruises says that cruise security was lax and the cruise lines failed to assess the danger associated with…