Justice Kennedy’s Speech on US Prison System – A Little Too Late

Time was when a US Supreme Court justice would rarely speak about law outside the courtroom. The feeling was that it would be imprudent for a member of the court to espouse on the law and reveal his inner leanings. But Justices Scalia and Thomas and more recently Justice Ginsburg have changed that by regularly [...]

Curious Case of Aafia Siddiqui Proves Terror Trials Can Be Done Here

Yesterday, a jury convicted an MIT and Brandeis educated Pakistani neuroscientist of trying to kill FBI agents and U.S. military personnel while she was detained in a police compound in Afghanistan in 2008. Authorities alleged that Aafia Siddiqui, 37, was an al-Qaida supporter who was detained at an Afghan police station on July 18, 2008, [...]