The Somali Parliament on Tuesday rejected legislation designed to combat piracy . The bill, introduced last week by government officials, seeks to criminalize piracy and improve internal mechanisms for trying alleged offenders. Lawmakers expressed reservations...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday appealed a ruling that found the minimum coverage provision of the recently enacted health care reform law unconstitutional. The government filed a notice...
A New York State Supreme Court judge on Monday ruled that the New York City Department of Education may release performance data on 12,000 city teachers. The order permits the Department of Education...
The Illinois Senate , sitting in a lame-duck session, on Tuesday passed a bill abolishing the state's death penalty . The amended bill (SB3539) , approved by the House last week, passed 35-22...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Razak Ali. The judge rejected Razak Ali's...
US Rep. Steve King (R-IA) on Wednesday introduced legislation designed to restrict the automatic grant of citizenship to children born on US soil. The bill, designated the "Birthright Citizenship Act of 2011," seeks to...
A federal judge in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Friday sentenced Paul Magliocchetti, founder of the now-defunct political lobbying firm PMA Group, to 27 months imprisonment for his involvement...
A federal judge on Friday indefinitely postponed the trial of Allen Stanford , citing chemical dependency that has left Stanford incompetent to stand trial at present. Judge David Hittner of the US District Court for...
A French court on Monday found US-based Continental Airlines and one of its employees guilty of manslaughter for their roles in the Air France Concorde jet crash outside Paris in 2000. The court found [CBC...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday sentenced former Rwandan Armed Forces lieutenant Ildephonse Hategekimana to life imprisonment after convicting him on charges of genocide and crimes against...
