The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases regarding ineffective assistance of counsel . In both cases , the court is being asked to determine how poor legal...
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to rule on whether crosses placed beside highways as memorials to deceased Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) troopers is an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. The court denied certiorari...
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo arrived in the Ivory Coast Saturday to investigate allegations of war crimes committed during post-election violence following last November's elections. Thousands were...
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Friday temporarily blocked portions of a controversial Alabama immigration law . The ruling came in response to a motion filed last week [JURIST...
The US Supreme Court opened its 2011 term Monday with oral arguments in two cases. In Reynolds v. United States , the court heard arguments on the retroactive application of the...
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday urged the Brazilian government to revoke the 1979 Amnesty Law , which shields military officials from prosecution for crimes committed during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship. In...
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Tomas Ojea Quintana on Thursday urged the government of Myanmar to investigate human rights abuses and improve its rights record . Speaking at the end...
The Taiwan High Court on Friday overturned the conviction of former president Chen Shui-bian on charges of embezzling state funds but sentenced him to additional jail...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Monday sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a US vessel that resulted in the...
Malaysian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim testified for the first time Monday in his trial on charges of sodomy, denying the charges against him. Anwar testified that the charges against...
