The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the death sentence of Stevie Lamar Fields Monday, ruling that a jury foreman's reliance on Biblical scripture had no "substantial and injurious effect" on the jury's sentencing...
Ousted Philippines president Joseph Estrada maintained his innocence Tuesday and predicted he will be acquitted of corruption charges when the verdict in his six-year trial is handed down Wednesday. Estrada was removed from power in...
UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has issued a new report criticizing the government of Iraq for its ongoing use of the death penalty . In the report,...
The New Jersey Supreme Court dismissed a class action lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. Thursday, reversing a lower court's decision to grant nationwide class certification in the case. The lawsuit,...
Issuing National Security Letters (NSLs) demanding private information and imposing gag orders on recipients under the reauthorized and revised USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional without judicial review, US District Judge Victor...
"Indiscriminate airstrikes" by Israel were responsible for the majority of civilian casualties during the summer 2006 Lebanon conflict , according to a 249-page report issued Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW)...
Fiji's military commander and self-declared interim Prime Minister Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama announced in a radio broadcast Thursday that a state of emergency will be imposed in Fiji for the next month. Bainimarama...
Belgian prosecutor Jean-Claude Van Espen said Tuesday that the Church of Scientology should be classified as a criminal organization after completing a 10-year investigation into the church's activities. Van Espen also recommended that the Church and a...
Officials in Norway have indicted three men on terrorism-related charges, according to a statement by the national prosecutor Tuesday. The three men were indicted for their alleged roles in the September 2006...
US government secrecy increased in 2006, according to the Secrecy Report Card 2007 released over the weekend by OpenTheGovernment.org . The report cited an increased reliance on national security letters (NSL) [CRS backgrounder,...
