The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is set to begin trials for 17 suspects charged for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, according to prosecutor Hassan Jallow. The new trials will proceed...
The Defense Department has announced that a third detainee at Guantanamo Bay will be released after a Combatant Status Review Tribunal determined he was not an enemy combatant. The Defense Department said Wednesday the...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Thursday, Jan. 20.The 55th Presidential Inaugural Ceremony will be held today, beginning at 11:30 AM ET as Vice President Dick Cheney takes...
Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, Jan. 19.The US Supreme Court will hear 10 AM ET oral arguments in City of Ranchos Palos Verdes v. Abrams [case backgrounder from...
US Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales told senators Tuesday that any torture by US forces would be illegal and that he supported reinstating a federal assault weapons ban that...
The US Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in Rompilla v. Beard , 04-5462 , a PA case that involves jury instructions for cases involving the death penalty. Rompilla, who was convicted of robbing,...
The trial against defrocked priest Paul Shanley began Tuesday, with Shanley facing rape and assault and battery charges. The prosecution formally dropped another accuser from the case, however, leaving only one accuser as the trial proceeds....
Attorney General John Ashcroft is expected to announce Tuesday afternoon the first charges in the governemnt's investigation into alleged corruption in the UN-administered oil-for-food program . According to Justice Department sources, Ashcroft will announce a plea agreement with...
Human rights group Amnesty International Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Sudan to the International Criminal Court at The Hague. The group argued that the UN must allow the ICC...
Iran's judiciary has said that a mistake was to blame for the issuance of a summons to Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi , calling her to appear before the Revolutionary Court [Iranian Judiciary official...
