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Terrorism
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International Law Prof Blog
Alleged 9/11 Co-conspirators to be arraigned on May 5
The Chief Judge presiding over the military commission tribunals at Guantanamo Bay has assigned to himself the case of the five men alleged to be responsible for the attacks of…
International Law Prof Blog
Restoring the Constitution in Mali
The United Nations Security Council today urged the military rebels who seized control of the government in Mali to immediately implement the agreement signed last week with the Economic Community…
International Law Prof Blog
US Government to proceed with trial against five accused co-conspirators for the 9/11 attacks
US Vice Admiral Bruce MacDonald, a senior Pentagon official and the Convening Authority for the military tribunals at Guantanamo Bay, has completed his review of the charges against the five…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Convening Authority Refers KSM Charges to Military Commission
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The Convening Authority today referred terrorism charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi to a capital military…
The Right Coast
Though not a nice man, he kills many terrorists for CIA Tom Smith
You go, Roger.
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration Article of the Day: “Humanitarian Law Project and the Supreme Court’s Construction of Terrorism” by Wadie Said
"Humanitarian Law Project and the Supreme Court's Construction of Terrorism" Brigham Young University Law Review, p. 1455, 2011 WADIE E. SAID, University of South Carolina School of Law.ABSTRACT: This Article…
Sentencing Law and Policy
En banc Ninth Circuit finds Millennium Bomber sentence substantively unreasonable
Main March 12, 2012En banc Ninth Circuit finds Millennium Bomber sentence substantively unreasonableBecause I am on the road, I only have time to note without comment until later this big…
International Law Prof Blog
A New Prosecutor and a New Appellate Judge Are Appointed for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today appointed Norman Farrell of Canada as the prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), the U.N.-backed independent tribunal set up to try those responsible…
The Right Coast
Israeli Embassy in New Delhi Bombed: Iran to Blame? | Global Spin | TIME.com
An eyewitness claimed to have seen a man aboard a motorbike pull up alongside the car carrying Tali Koren Yeshova, 42, and attach an explosive device whose detonation injured Yeshova,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Underwear bomber” arguing that mandatory LWOP sentence is unconstitutional
Main February 13, 2012"Underwear bomber" arguing that mandatory LWOP sentence is unconstitutionalPerhpas in part because there is no other argument to make at his upcoming sentencing, a high-profile federal defendant…