Italian Marines Case: International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to hear case next month

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has agreed to hear an appeal seeking to stop criminal proceedings against two Italian marines charged with shooting dead two fishermen in February, 2012.The appeal filed by Italy says, “India shall refrain from taking or enforcing any judicial or administrative measures against Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre and Sergeant Salvatore Girone...

Death Penalty; U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge against controversial Execution Drug [Read the Judgment]

The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled against three death row prisoners who had brought a challenge to the use of the controversial lethal injection, midazolam drug on the ground that it violates the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.Midazolam is used to sedate inmates before injecting them with two other drugs, and the petitioners argued that...