The U.S. is a global outlier in condemning 1-in-7 prisoners to die behind bars, writes Marjorie Cohn. Over two-thirds are people of color. Under international law, this amounts to torture and racial discrimination.
By Marjorie Cohn
Truthout
Several human rights organizations submitted
(Archived document, may contain errors) 12 December 1979 THE ANTI-DEFENSE LOBBY: PART COALITION FOR A NEW FOREIGN AND MILI TAR Y POLICY .(Executive Summary)
President Joe Biden’s assassination of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan was illegal under both U.S. and international law.After the C.I.A. drone strike killed Zawahiri on Aug. 2, Biden declared, “People around the world no longer need to fear the vicious and determined killer.”
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part article series that addresses both a prominent Russian Federation state disinformation campaign related to the war in Ukraine namely, that the Russian invasion was justified due to the alleged presence of U.S.-sponsored biological warfare research facilities in Ukraine as well as the ways in which this conspiracy theory has been supported and …
Marjorie Cohn discusses the ramifications of a Supreme Court decision that flies in the face of recent precedents protecting the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.
By Marjorie Cohn
Truthout
In a shameful opinion that broke down along ideological lines, the right-wingers on the Supreme Co