Oklahoma District Judge Natalie Mai on Thursday ordered former death row inmate Richard Glossip to be released from prison while awaiting a retrial, after 29 years behind bars. During these 29 years, Glossip famously faced several execution dates and ate his “last meal” three times. Mai set the bail at $500,000, with release contingent upon The post Former Oklahoma death row inmate granted bond after nearly three decades of incarceration appeared first on JURIST – News.

The UN Working Group on the rights of peasants and other people working in rural areas urged Ghana on Thursday to ensure that the rights of small-holder farmers, artisanal fishermen, and pastoralists are fully considered during the implementation of its planned agricultural transformation, in line with the principles of the UN Declaration of the Rights The post UN calls on Ghana to prioritize peasants rights amid agricultural reform appeared first on JURIST – News.

Jamelah Zidan is a US correspondent for JURIST and a law student at Vermont Law and Graduate School. On May 12, NYU Langone Health, a major hospital network in the state of New York, disclosed that it had received a federal grand jury subpoena from prosecutors in Texas state. The subpoena demands the names of The post US dispatch: federal grand jury subpoena marks first known criminal probe into gender-affirming care at major New York hospital appeared first on JURIST – News.

Samridh Chaturvedi is a JURIST correspondent and a third-year law student at the School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University) where he covers legal, policy, and human rights developments in India. The Supreme Court of India delivered strong criticism against two lower courts, ruling that a woman whose dental practice she maintained while living The post India dispatch: Supreme Court rebukes lower courts for branding a woman’s career choices as cruelty, raising questions about how matrimonial law treats working women appeared first on JURIST – News.