The Supreme Court of Kuwait Tuesday affirmed death sentences for two of six Islamist militants convicted in 2005 for their involvement in a clash with police that left several people dead, but commuted the other...
The UK justice minister told the House of Lords Tuesday that he has given authority to prison governors to "release on licence for offenders who are coming to the end of their sentence" as a...
A Republican-sponsored amendment to a North Carolina bill aimed at allowing capital punishment to resume in the state failed Monday when state House Democrats struck down language that would have forbidden the North...
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson called for greater acceptance of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism Monday, noting an "urgent need to enhance international cooperation" to both prevent terrorism...
Former Enron broadband division chief Kenneth Rice was sentenced to 27 months in prison Monday and ordered to forfeit almost $15 million as part of a plea deal with prosecutors for...
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem called Monday for Hamas leaders in Gaza to investigate and bring to trial anyone who may have committed war crimes , citing reported incidents of violence against children and civilians during...
Thai Attorney General Phatchara Yutithamdamrong said Monday that he would seek a criminal trial against former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife regarding a 2003 land purchase by Pojamarn Shinawatra from the...
Dutch interrogators accused of prisoner abuse in Iraq were cleared Monday with the release of two government ordered reports that found no torture but...
Two generals pleaded not guilty Monday to charges that include torturing prisoners of war and destruction of their property during the Croatian War of Independence . Mirko Norac and Rahim Ademi had originally...
The Russian delegation to the Extraordinary Conference of the States Parties to the CFE Treaty in Vienna expressed displeasure at the close of talks Friday and repeated calls for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ...
