A group of federal judges on Thursday urged the US Sentencing Commission (USSC) to revise complicated and mechanical calculations used to determine federal criminal sentences. Federal circuit and district court judges praised the 2005 Supreme...
Turkish President Abdullah Gul on Thursday approved a law that would allow the prosecution of military personnel in civilian courts and would prevent military prosecution of civilians during peacetime. Gul said that the law was...
The Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday filed a request for partial summary judgment concluding that the National Security Agency (NSA) illegally wiretapped several conversations between the charity and its...
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday accepted a petition challenging a lower court ruling declaring India's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional. Sushil Kumar Kaushal asked the Court to set aside a ruling by the...
A collection of advocacy groups filed suit Thursday against New Mexico and Indiana alleging that the states have failed to comply with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) by not providing voter registration cards...
A Kosovo court on Wednesday began trial of three former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members accused of committing war crimes during the 1998-1999 Balkan ethnic conflicts . The trial, being held in the Kosovo's District...
A commission created by the French National Assembly began hearings Wednesday to consider whether to enact laws banning the wearing of burqas or other "full veils." The commission heard testimony from anthropologist...
People arrested in Iran after last month's disputed presidential election have been beaten, deprived of sleep, and threatened with torture in an effort to force false confessions, according to a report released Wednesday by Human...
A court in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday convicted 330 people on terrorism-related charges, according to a report by the state-run Saudi Press Agency . The Bureau of Investigation and Public Prosecution brought charges including belonging to a terrorist...
A former prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay told the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the military commission system used to try detained enemy combatants is "broken beyond repair." In testimony [prepared remarks,...
