Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away | The New Yorker
Dec 11, 2023 · A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans—disproportionately young and Black—in prison. By Sarah Stillman. December 11, 2023. Sadik Baxter is serving a life...
In furious dissent, Supreme Court’s liberal wing slams 'draconian ...
Jun 24, 2022 · In a scathing dissent to the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade, the justices on the bench’s liberal wing slammed the “draconian” opinion as a decision that will turn back ...
The ripple effects of invoking draconian laws must not be ignored
Secret law used by security establishment threatens public trust. Justice Rouleau is expected to submit his report on the Emergencies Act by early February. The government is expected to table it in the House of Commons and Senate of Canada before February 20, 2023.
Taliban begin enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women …
Sep 15, 2024 · As the Taliban begin enforcing new draconian laws, Afghan women say that whatever hopes they once harbored for an easing of the severe restrictions on them have largely vanished. The new...
Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women …
Sep 15, 2024 · Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair. Afghan religious police wield new power to enforce a ban on women raising their voices in public and looking at men other...
'Insidious,' 'draconian,' 'cruel': New Texas abortion law ...
Jul 24, 2021 · 'Insidious,' 'draconian,' 'cruel': New Texas abortion law empowers vigilantism, experts say. Abortion advocates in Texas say the law will encourage their opponents to flood courts with lawsuits...
Louisiana Ten Commandments law blocked by a federal judge | CNN
12 hours ago · A new Louisiana law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 has been temporarily blocked after a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction on ...
Pushback in Australia against increasingly draconian protest laws
Mar 21, 2023 · Australia is not the only liberal democracy where civil liberties and other political freedoms are under threat from ever more draconian laws introduced by governments that have struggled to...
What is Article 23, Hong Kong’s new draconian national security law?
19 Mar 2024. Legislators in Hong Kong have approved a new national security law - referred to as Article 23 – that gives the government new powers to crack down on all forms of dissent on the...
Afghanistan after 3 years of Taliban rule: Women silenced ... - CBS News
Aug 28, 2024 · The new government has issued dozens of draconian edicts, systematically excluding women and girls from public life, depriving them of education and employment and subjecting them to detention...