The US Supreme Court on Thursday reheard oral arguments on whether police must continue to knock and announce themselves before entering a persons home to seize evidence with a warrant in order for the...
A disciplinary panel for two Egyptian judges who complained of alleged fraud in last years parliamentary elections Thursday reprimanded pro-reform judge Hisham Bastawisi but cleared Mahmoud Mekki of whistleblowing allegations. The rulings came amid clashes ...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan encouraged the US on Friday to lead the world in advancing human rights in a speech at George Washington University, and criticized the Bush administration for deciding not to seek a position...
US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released a report by the Law Library of Congress on Friday showing that several countries have harsher policies for illegal immigrants and their employers...
John Allen Muhammad , representing himself, began questioning witnesses Friday in his second trial involving the three-week shooting spree in the Washington, DC area in 2002. Jury selection in the trial began on Monday...
US Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards on Friday criticized new Bush administration rules that make it easier for law enforcement officials to wiretap Internet phone calls during arguments in front of the federal appeals court in Washington, DC. The...
President Bush Friday called on Sudan to resolve the conflict in its troubled Darfur region , asking the country's government to act in full compliance with the international desire for there to be peace. The Presidents remarks...
The Miami federal judge presiding over the trial of terror suspect Jose Padilla on Friday rejected prosecutors' attempts to require Padilla’s defense attorneys to sign a "memorandum of understanding" regarding the security of secret evidence the...
The US Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General reported Friday that the FBI did not use the threat of terrorism investigations to intimidate political protesters at the 2004 Democratic and Republican national...
South Korean prosecutors in Seoul arrested Hyundai Motors Group CEO Chung Mong-koo Friday on charges of embezzlement, misappropriation and bribery. Prosecution spokesman Kang Chan-woo made the arrest announcement shortly after Seoul District Court Judge Lee...
