Human Rights | Habeas Corpus

2010-07-31: Headlines

• Pacific Free Press: Press Release: Cuban 5: Torture Masquerading as Justice 2010-07-31

  Gerardo Hernandez Held in 'The Hole' | fighting against terrorism. | found himself in the hole while preparing for an appeal. | defend his country against terrorist attacks. | Phone Number: 202-307-3198. | Fax Number: 202-456-2461. | E-mail: AskDOJ@usdoj.gov. | qacct:"p-fbLvlbcODYt7M"

• Sandusky Register: Sandusky Newspapers, Inc.: Federal judge denies convicted killers request for new trial 2010-07-31

  A federal judge has denied convicted killer DeWitt McDonald's request for a new trial, effectively closing the book on allegations that Erie County Prosecutor Kevin Baxter had forced a trial witness into a sexual relationship years ago. | U.S. Northern District Judge Jack Zouhary on Friday denied McDonald's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a move that ends McDonald's chance at a new trial.

2010-07-30: Headlines

• Leagle.com: PEOPLE v. HEATH 2010-07-30

  DOMINIC ALEXANDER HEATH et al., Defendants and Appellants. | Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two. | Filed July 29, 2010. | Law Offices of Dennis A. Fischer, Dennis A. Fischer and John M. Bishop, for Defendant and Appellant Dominic Alexander Heath. | William Flenniken, Jr., under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Ehon Michael Baker. | Edmund G. Brown, Jr.

• Leagle.com: IN RE MIRANDA 2010-07-30

  In re ROBERT MIRANDA, On Habeas Corpus. | Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two. | Filed July 29, 2010. | In November 1981, petitioner Robert Miranda, then 26 years old, stabbed David Larsen repeatedly in the neck, took his wallet, and fled the scene, leaving Larsen to die on a sidewalk.

• Leagle.com: IN RE PRATHER 2010-07-30

  In re MICHAEL B. PRATHER on Habeas Corpus. | In re MIGUEL MOLINA on Habeas Corpus. | Supreme Court of California. | Filed July 29, 2010. | Rich Pfeiffer, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner Michael Prather. | Michael Satris, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner Miguel Molina. | Munger, Tolles & Olson, Leo Goldbard; Cuauhtemoc Ortega; Alan L. Schlosser; Peter Eliasberg;

• The Standard: Three Kenyans charged with Uganda bombings 2010-07-30

  Everyone considered her married, but when she passed away, 'Queen' Jane Nyambura's marriage to James Kariuki was cast in doubt. Apparently, the two were not issued with a marriage certificate despite solemnising their marriage at a Ruiru church in June 2001, as James told a Thika court.

• The National Law Journal: Calif. Supreme Court Reins in Courts Authority in Parole Cases 2010-07-30

  Everyone considered her married, but when she passed away, 'Queen' Jane Nyambura's marriage to James Kariuki was cast in doubt. Apparently, the two were not issued with a marriage certificate despite solemnising their marriage at a Ruiru church in June 2001, as James told a Thika court.

• Daytona Beach News-Journal: Volusia County public records for July 30, 2010 2010-07-30

  Local news from The Daytona Beach News-Journal, your hometown newspaper.

• Ahora.cu: Redaction AHORA: Cuban Five Committee Demands Fair Treatment 2010-07-30

  AHORA News System, Holguin, Cuba.

• San Francisco Chronicle: State high court limits courts parole power 2010-07-30

  Judges who decide a life-term prisoner was unfairly denied parole can't order the inmate freed but must return the case to the state parole board for a new review, the California Supreme Court ruled Thursday. The...

• Leagle.com: IN RE SOLIS 2010-07-30

  In re VICTOR SOLIS on Habeas Corpus. | Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One. | Filed July 29, 2010. | Petition for writ of habeas corpus following the Governor's reversal of a grant of parole. Relief granted. | Solis, now 37 years old, has remained in custody for almost 19 years and for the last 13 years has been an exemplary prison inmate. He became eligible for parole in 2002.

• Express Buzz: Police woman held for murder of old flame 2010-07-30

  CHENNAI: In the latest in the long line of illicit affairs resulting in gruesome murders, it has now come to light that a 38-year-old TNEB employee of Velachery, who was reported missing for the last four months, was allegedly done to death by his cop lover€™s current paramour and a four-member gang in Tiruvallur district on March 25. | The long-drawn investigation came to a close on Wednesday, when the partners in crime, S Sastrakanni (39)

2010-07-29: Headlines

• Creative Loafing: Gun nuts to rally against nonexistent threat 2010-07-29

  It€™s gonna be a rip-snortin€™, double-barreled bushel of fun when a whole passel of armed homegrown patriots get together next month for a good ol', downhome Restore The Constitution rally.

• Rising Kashmir: aamir: Govt to file PSA breakup by July 29 2010-07-29

  The Daily Rising Kashmir, Srinagar Kashmir.

• Danbury News Times: Former inmates tell of years in prison, overturned conviction 2010-07-29

  Keywords: [...] after spending the morning with two men whose 1993 murder convictions were overturned in March, after serving 16 years in prison for a murder they did not commit, Mattea Heller's English class may spend its final days of summer school with a newfound appreciation of freedom.

• Media Matters for America: Becks imaginary persecution 2010-07-29

  29 July 2010 – The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, apparently because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the Central American country, three independent United Nations human rights experts warned today.

• UN News Centre: Dismissal of Honduran judges sends an intimidating message – UN 2010-07-29

  29 July 2010 – The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, apparently because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the Central American country, three independent United Nations human rights experts warned today.

• Deccan Chronicle: Woman cop arrested for murder of lover 2010-07-29

  29 July 2010 – The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, apparently because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the Central American country, three independent United Nations human rights experts warned today.

• Times Record News: No headline 2010-07-29

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• Minnesota Public Radio: Pawlenty works up his roots in new web video 2010-07-29

  29 July 2010 – The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, apparently because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the Central American country, three independent United Nations human rights experts warned today.

• OpEdNews: If 1000000 things could go wrong in a year 2010-07-29

  Diary: I feel like it happened to me.

• The Hindu: SLP for release of Nalini dismissed as withdrawn 2010-07-29

  The Supreme Court has declined to interfere with an order of the Madras High Court dismissing a habeas corpus petition seeking the release of Nalini and six others sentenced to death or awarded life imprisonment in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case. | After hearing counsel R. Karuppan, a Bench of Justices V.S.

• Collider.com: Kevin Kline Interview THE EXTRA MAN 2010-07-29

  29 July 2010 – The recent dismissal of three judges and a magistrate in Honduras, apparently because they spoke out during the political crisis that engulfed the country last year, sends a disturbing message to other jurists in the Central American country, three independent United Nations human rights experts warned today.

• firedoglake.com: The Roundup 2010-07-29

  Diary: I feel like it happened to me.

2010-07-27: Headlines

• Chicago Press Release Services: Why WikiLeaks War Logs Are No Pentagon Papers 2010-07-27

  What€™s importantly similar to the Pentagon Papers The greatest similarity between the WikiLeaks trove and the Pentagon Papers is that the documents end before the current administration€™s policy began.

• Culture Bully: Remember when Zack de la Rocha was relevant? 2010-07-27
• Malaysia Star: REFLECTING ON THE LAW By Prof SHAD SALEEM FARUDI: Courts and the Constitution 2010-07-27

  Our basic charter needs to be interpreted creatively and dynamically. Judges should be receptive to the felt necessities of the times and their interpretations should show suppleness of adaptation to changing circumstances.

• McClatchy Washington Bureau: Commentary: Why WikiLeaks War Logs are no Pentagon Papers 2010-07-27

  The WikiLeaks documents on the Afghanistan war have brought suggestions such as this one [1] (from The New York Times, the newspaper that published both) that they represent "the Pentagon Papers of our time." Not quite.

• truthout: Why WikiLeaks 'War Logs' Are No Pentagon Papers 2010-07-27

  The WikiLeaks documents on the Afghanistan war have brought suggestions such as this one (from The New York Times, the newspaper that published both) that they represent "the Pentagon Papers of our time." Not quite. | The greatest similarity between the WikiLeaks trove and the Pentagon Papers is that the documents end before the current administration's policy began. In political terms, that is hugely important.

• Texas Tribune: ACLU Sues Hidalgo for Jailing Teens Over Unpaid Tickets 2010-07-27

  Francisco De Luna got his first ticket at school just after his father died, when he was 13. "Failure to comply," it read. The boy "did not want to learn." He would rack up many more for such crimes as baggy-pants-wearing, teacher-cursing and general disobedience. | In 2007, his mother, Elisa De Luna anxiously signed a document agreeing to pay off one ticket per month, plus court costs, for the next 11 months

• Long War Journal: Rhetoric and Reality, and our understanding of the rule of law 2010-07-27

  Poli-Tea: In Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, incumbent Republican Charlie Dent is growing ever more desperate, and apparently ever mor...

• Independent Political Report: PA-15: Republican Charlie Dent accuses Independent Jake Towne of antisemitism 2010-07-27

  Poli-Tea: In Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, incumbent Republican Charlie Dent is growing ever more desperate, and apparently ever mor...

• com.lb: The noble, criminal Western democracies 2010-07-27

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