More prisoners are on California's death row for murdering whites than for killing people of any other race, despite the fact that were more black and Hispanic murder victims during the same time period, according to a new study...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Thursday that it will combine the cases of nine Bosnian Serb military officers accused of participating in the Srebrenica massacre ...
Two US Army soldiers have been charged with prisoner abuse in an ongoing investigation into the deaths of two Afghan prisoners while in US custody, which has already led to charges being filed against 14 soldiers, the military said...
A appeals hearing for Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was delayed again Thursday after his lawyer asked for more time to prepare, saying he had been unable to meet with Khodorkovsky in prison before...
France, Germany and Great Britain, the EU's three major powers, have decided to drop their support for a US-backed draft resolution calling on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to report Iran's nuclear program to the UN...
Wire services are reporting that two former Tyco executives have been sentenced to between 8 1/3 and 25 years in prison after having been found guilty of securities fraud, grand larceny and conspiracy earlier...
Thursday released draft anti-terrorism legislation that includes terms allowing police to detain terror suspects for up to three months without charge and creating a new criminal offense for "glorifying terrorism."...
The US House of Representatives approved a measure Wednesday that would add sexual orientation, gender, and disability to a current federal hate crimes law that already prohibits crimes based on the victim's race, ethnicity, or religion. The legislation was...
The former chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces has called off a trip to London after a complaint was filed in Great Britain against him and other top Israeli military officers for "war crimes." Moshe...
Opening statements began Wednesday in the second trial against Merck over the distribution of its painkiller Vioxx . The plaintiff in this case is an Idaho postal worker who claims...
