A German district court on Tuesday sentenced former Nazi army officer Josef Scheungraber to life in prison for the 1944 reprisal killing of 10 Italian civilians. Scheungraber was convicted of 10 counts of murder and...
A military tribunal has ruled that lawyers for accused 9/11 co-conspirator Ramzi bin al-Shibh will not be made aware of what interrogation techniques were used on him by the CIA prior to his transfer to Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news...
The Bangkok Criminal Court on Tuesday refused to extradite a suspected Russian arms trafficker to the US to face prosecution for supplying weapons to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) . In denying the extradition request [AFP...
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday affirmed the conviction of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) contractor David Passaro on assault charges related to the abuse of...
A Canadian Catholic diocese on Friday reached a proposed settlement agreement in a class action suit alleging that diocesan priests sexually abused children. Under the terms of the agreement, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish...
Voters in Niger overwhelmingly approved a referendum Friday establishing a new constitution that would allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in office. Among the new constitution's changes is the abolition of a presidential two-term limit, allowing Tandja...
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday rejected an appeal from an Internet domain owner seeking to recover $10 million in damages from an online marketer under the federal CAN-SPAN Act...
Former Congressman William Jefferson (D-LA) was found guilty on Wednesday of 11 counts of public corruption. Jefferson was convicted of using his position on the US House of Representatives Ways and Means...
Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Tuesday announced charges of murder, intentional injury, arson, and robbery against 83 people accused of participating in violent demonstrations in the capital city of Urumqi in early July. Xinjiang...
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday declared that former president Pervez Musharraf violated the Constitution of Pakistan when he declared emergency rule in November 2007. The...
