Indian President Ram Nath Kovind signed an ordinance Saturday that modifies the Indian Penal Code to allow for the death penalty to be imposed on anyone who rapes a child under 12 years of age. Allowing the death penalty...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich and left in place the 14-year sentence imposed by Judge James Zagel of the US District Court for...
The Supreme Court on Pakistan on Friday ruled that a person would be disqualified for life if the court found that they were not "honest" or "truthful" at any point in their career, effectively preventing former prime minister...
Jackson Women's Health Organization and others filed a lawsuit on Monday challenging a number of Mississippi abortion restrictions. The lawsuit claims Mississippi's abortion restrictions have been "designed to choke off access to abortion in the state, primarily...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Saturday that Mr Al Hassan was surrendered to the court's detention center in the Netherlands by Malian authorities. According to the arrest warrant , he is accused of crimes...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a dispute to determine whether a pole can be turned into a cross on public land in Michigan. More than 50 years ago, the "Dewey...
The Supreme Court of Arkansas ruled Thursday that the state prison system may be permitted to conceal information that could be used to identify third parties who obtain drugs for the state, but must continue to identify the manufacturers...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear the appeal of Maurice Greenberg's Starr International Co. The appeal argued that the federal government illegally bailed out AIG during the financial crisis of 2008 at...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty in Arizona under the Eighth Amendment. Abel Hidalgo was sentenced to death for two counts of first...
The Supreme Court of India on Friday upheld the verdict of the Constitutional Bench which upheld the removal of life-support for individuals who are terminally ill or in incurable comas, otherwise known as passive euthanasia. The...
