The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling that the selection process for New York Supreme Court judges is unconstitutional. US District Court Judge John Gleeson...
The US government will not pursue the death penalty against US Marine Corps Pfc. John Jodka III in the death of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania, according to a military prosecutor during Article 32 [JAG backgrounder; UCMJ...
The body of missing Tikrit judge Turky al-Dulaimi has been found by Iraqi police near Baghdad, according to a police source speaking on the condition of anonymity Thursday. Dulaimi disappeared four days ago after being transferred from a court...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report Monday that Israel's July 30 air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana may be part of "a pattern of violations of international law,...
Aziz Dweik , the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council , was taken to the hospital Monday for chest pains and breathing problems, which his spokesman claims are due...
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Monday announced an overhaul of the criminal justice system in the city which was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina last year. Prosecutors from a neighboring parish in...
The Interior Ministry of Iran has prohibited a human rights group led by 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi from operating in the country, saying the group has neglected to obtain...
Inaccurate statements presented to the 9/11 Commission by senior Pentagon officials regarding the Sept. 11 attacks were not provided intentionally, but rather were the result of poor record-keeping, according to a newly-disclosed...
US-based monitoring group Human Rights Watch (HRW) Saturday called on Hezbollah to immediately stop launching rockets into civilian areas within Israel, saying their actions constitute "war crimes." The rights watchdog said Hezbollah's assertions...
A controversial new clemency law in Italy reducing some prison sentences by three years to cut down on jail overcrowding is facing criticism after some released prisoners returned to lives of crime this week....
