Category «Courts»

UN: Good Practices for the Protection of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Involving Organized Crime

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Good Practices for the Protection of Witnesses in Criminal Proceedings Involving Organized Crime, January 2008. “The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocols call upon State Parties to introduce appropriate measures to prevent witness intimidation, coercion, corruption or bodily injury, and to strengthen international cooperation …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Judiciary Backs Reducing Disparity of Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentences

Hearing on Cracked Justice Addressing the Unfairness in Cocaine Sentencing, House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, February 26, 2008. Hon. Reggie B. Walton Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Washington, DC…told a House subcommittee that the policy-making Judicial Conference of the United States “strongly supports legislation …

Subjects: Congress, Courts, Legal Research, Legislation

National Summits Help Federal Courts Prepare for Sentence Reduction Requests

Follow up to December 11, 2007 posting Retroactivity Approved for Crack Cocaine Guideline, from the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts : “As of March 3, 2008, more than 21,000 inmates serving time for federal crimes involving crack cocaine will be eligible to have their sentences reduced. Federal courts already are preparing to rule on …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research

D.C. Circuit's Decision Vacating the FCC's Denial and Dismissal of the Gulf Coast Migratory Birds Petition

Statement of FCC Commissioner Copps in Response to the D.C. Circuit’s Decision Vacating the FCC’s Denial and Dismissal of the Gulf Coast Migratory Birds Petition: “For years, I have been disappointed with the FCCs failure to get serious about its environmental responsibilities. Now the D.C. Circuit has affirmed something this agency should have acknowledged a …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legislation

British Ministry of Justice Study: Diversity and Ethnic Fairness in the Jury System

Diversity and Ethnic Fairness in the Jury System, Cheryl Thomas with Nigel Balmer, Ministry of Justice, June 2007. Jur-E Bulletin: “The study was completed in June of 2007 but is now available online. The study is 244 pages long and has a number of findings. However, two of the key points are that the juror …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al.

FindLaw: U.S. v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al. (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 11, 2008) – “The U.S. Department of Defense announced that six high-value detainees held in Guantanamo Bay were charged, under the Military Commissions Act, with planning and executing the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Specific charges include violations of the laws of war, …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

Defense Department Official and Two Others Arrested on Espionage Charges Involving China

Press release: “Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, and Yu Xin Kang, age 33, both of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Gregg William Bergersen, age 51, of Alexandria, Virginia, were arrested today on espionage charges related to the passage of classified U.S. government documents and information to the government of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Both …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Federal Court Management Statistics-2007

Federal Court Management Statistics-2007: “Fiscal year 2007 statistical profiles for each U.S. court of appeals and U.S. district court plus national totals for the appellate and district courts are available online.”

Subjects: Courts, E-Government

Safety Groups Claim DOJ Has Failed to Produce National Database to Help Prevent Auto Fraud

Press release: “More than 15 years after Congress required the federal government to set up a national database to allow car buyers to determine whether a vehicle has been stolen or rebuilt after a wreck, the system is still not in place, three consumers groups said Wednesday in a lawsuit filed against the Department of …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Legal Research

Federal Judge Strikes Down White House Waiver for Navy Sonar Training Off Southern California Coast

Follow up to postings on Navy sonar exercises off Southern California coast, this Natural Resources Defense Council press release: “A federal court [February 4, 2008] struck down a waiver issued by the White House purporting to exempt the U.S. Navy from complying with a bedrock environmental law during sonar training exercises off southern California. In …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

District Court Bars the Sale of Consumers Telephone Records to Third Parties

Press release: “A federal judge has barred the illegal operation of an information broker who advertised and sold confidential consumer telephone records to third parties without the consumers knowledge or consent. In entering summary judgment for the Federal Trade Commission, Judge William F. Downes of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming also …

Subjects: Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research, Privacy

Wilderness Alliance Sues Interior Over Drilling Leases

Case No. 2:08cv00064, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and Natural Resources Defense Council, vs. Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, United States District Court, District of Utah, Central Division, January 23, 2008. “This suit challenges the decisions by the Bureau of Land Management, the Department of the Interior, and Secretary of the Department of …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research

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