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[JURIST] A Brazilian court on Saturday sentenced 25 police officers to life in prison for their role in the 1992 Carandiru prison massacre. Each defendant was sentenced [BBC report] to 624 years for the use of deadly force during the riot, which was one of the worst of its kind in Latin America. The ruling marks the second part of a four-section trial concerning the riot. The defense lawyers commented that they plan to appeal the ruling, arguing that the... [more].
Posted by Blake Lynch on Aug 04, 2013 03:05 pm

US jury recommends life sentences for Somali pirates
[JURIST] A jury for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia [official website] recommended Friday that three Somali pirates convicted [JURIST report] of murdering four Americans receive life in prison sentences. The attack, which took place in 2011 approximately 40 miles off the coast of Somalia, involved 19 Somali pirates who held the Americans captive in hopes of a million dollar ransom. Prosecutors had pushed for the death penalty [WP report]. Judge Rebecca Beach Smith will issue... [more].
Posted by Blake Lynch on Aug 04, 2013 01:11 pm

UN rights chief calls for independent probe of Syria war crimes
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Friday urged an independent investigation [press release] into whether war crimes were committed when armed opposition groups in Syria allegedly executed dozens of captured government soldiers in Khan Al-Assal, a district in the northern province of Aleppo last month. Between July 22 and July 26, footage taken by opposition forces was posted on the Internet depicting government soldiers being ordered to lie on the ground, while other videos... [more].
Posted by Endia Vereen on Aug 04, 2013 12:14 pm

Obama administration overturns ban on sale of some iPads, iPhones
[JURIST] The Obama administration on Saturday overturned [official text, PDF] a US trade panel ban on the sale of older iPads and iPhones. In June the US International Trade Commission (ITC) [official website] banned the import or sale [text, PDF] of AT&T models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G after finding that the devices violated a patent [JURIST report] held by Samsung Electronics [corporate website]. US Trade Representative Michael Froman said that the decision... [more].
Posted by Endia Vereen on Aug 04, 2013 10:24 am