International Law

Berry executed
Convicted killer Earl Wesley Berry was executed at 6 p.m. today in Unit 17 of Parchman. A lethal cocktail of drugs was injected into Berry’s arm while his victim’s daughter and granddaughter, corrections officials and members of the media watched...

Berry update
Mississippi plans on killing Earl Berry on Wednesday around the time most of us are leaving the office, or if we’re lucky, sitting down to dinner with family and/or friends. Lyle Denniston @ the SCOTUS Blog, as always, does a great job laying out what avenues of relief are left for Mr...

The Berry Case in Mississippi
Observers are watching to see what the Supreme Court does in the case of Earl Berry, scheduled to be executed by Mississippi tonight. While Berry has raised a lethal injection claim, the real question deals with mental retardation...

The Judge Berry saga continues
I recently posted about the story of allegations levied against Judge Elizabeth Berry of Criminal District Court Number 3. The allegations were that Judge Berry had sent an email containing a racial epithet to her court reporter, Judy Miller...

Stay Denied in Berry Case
Update: Berry was executed at 6:15 p.m. CDT, AP reports. That is 20 years and 6 months after he kidnapped Mary Bounds and beat her to death, far too long. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Supreme Court has denied stays in the two...

Who's out to get Judge Berry
Recently, it was alleged that Judge Elizabeth Berry of Criminal District Court 3 had sent an email containing a racially insensitive remark. Allegedly, the email contained the word...