DOJ seeks names of Swiss bank clients in move against overseas tax shelters- July 1, 2008 JURIST The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed papers press release in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida Monday asking the court to force a Swiss bank to hand over the names of American clients suspected of hiding funds from tax collectors. The DOJ is requesting permission for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official website to issue "John Doe" summons againsthttp://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/doj-seeks-names-of-swiss-bank-clients.php California death penalty system 'dysfunctional': state commission- July 1, 2008 JURIST Nearly $100 million in annual funding is needed to fix California's "dysfunctional" prison system, according to a state commission's report PDF text; press release released Monday. The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (CCFAJ) official website was asked to evaluate instances of wrongful convictions and to make informed recommendations for future changes.http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/california-death-penalty-system.php US fails to protect against unlawful executions: UN investigator- July 1, 2008 JURIST The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston advocacy profile said statement, PDF; video, RM Monday. Alston said state death penalty systems need stronger safeguards againstracial bias JURIST report andhttp://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/us-fails-to-protect-against-unlawful.php Poland court rules trial of former communist leader can proceed- July 1, 2008 JURIST A Polish appeals court has ruled that the trial of former communist military leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski official website can proceed, overturning a lower court decision that halted the trial JURIST report while prosecutors gathered more evidence against other communist officials. Jaruzelski was charged in March 2006 JURIST report with "organizing crimes of a militaryhttp://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/poland-court-rules-trial-of-former.php Ex-Abu Ghraib detainees sue military contractors for torture- July 1, 2008 JURIST Four former Abu Ghraib JURIST news archive detainees filed lawsuits CCR materials Monday against two private US military contractors and three of their employees, alleging torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy. The former detainees said that employees of CACI International and L-3 Communications corporate websites, which performed interrogation and interpretation work for the UShttp://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2008/07/ex-abu-ghraib-detainees-sue-military.php |