U.S. Supreme Court Deals Human Rights Setback on Juvenile Execution and Extradition Cases

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Wednesday, December 1, 1999

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

15

Issue:

12

507–509

Abstract:

On November 1, 1999, the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a setback to international human rights advocates on two separate and unrelated cases -- one dealing with the execution of a juvenile and the other with extradition in a case in which the relator argued the evidence against him had been obtained by torture... [more]