The Chicago City Council signed off Wednesday on a $19.8 million agreement to settle torture allegations by four former death row inmates against the Chicago police . Labeling the allegations a "black eye," city officials said that they...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri held Tuesday that the distribution of Bibles at elementary schools by religious organizations is unconstitutional in violation of the First Amendment , ruling...
Taiwanese prosecutors filed an appeal Wednesday to a decision by the Taiwan High Court last month upholding the acquittal of former Taipei mayor Ma Ying-jeou on graft charges. Prosecutors hope that...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas has ruled that journalists and the public do not have the right to view every part of the execution process under the First...
Argentinian coast guard officer and torture suspect Hector Febres may have been murdered to prevent him from disclosing human rights violations committed during Argentina's Dirty War , according a resolution written by...
The US Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the case of Arave v. Hoffman (07-110) , where the Court first granted certiorari in November to consider whether a death...
The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against "defamation of religion," expressing concern about laws that have led to religions discrimination and profiling since Sept. 11. The resolution urges all:States to provide, within their respective...
The US Senate and House of Representatives Wednesday passed by voice vote the NICS Improvement Amendments Act of 2007 , which closes a loophole that allowed Virginia Tech shooter Seung-Hui Cho to purchase...
US District Judge Joan A. Lenard Thursday ordered a mistrial in a terrorism case against six men charged with allegedly conspiring to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI headquarters in Miami, after the jury...
The Spanish National Court Thursday dismissed a complaint against Cuban President Fidel Castro and former Cuban tourism minister Osmani Cienfuegos, alleging that the two had committed crimes against humanity. The complaint alleged that Castro and Cienfuegos were...
