Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry on Friday signed SB 1800 , a law which enlarges the scope of the death penalty to cover a second or subsequent sexual offense against a child under the age of 14....
The Vatican has filed an appeal with the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit seeking to overturn this week's decision by a district court judge to allow a clergy abuse lawsuit to proceed ...
Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock said Friday that there is no evidence for allegations made in an Australian magazine that accused Taliban member David Hicks has been tortured during his four-year detention at Guantanamo...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) introduced a new NSA oversight bill to the committee Thursday modifying his earlier proposal to require the NSA to seek FISC approval before conducting surveillance. The new proposal, a...
Lord Lloyd of Berwick , the retired law lord whose 1996 report on British terrorism law underpinned the Labour Government's 2000 Terrorism Act , has condemned attempts by the government to amend the Human Rights Act 1998 ...
The US military has denied allegations of Guantanamo Bay soldiers desecrating copies of the Koran during a May clash between prisoners and guards after four prisoners attempted suicide. Military officials on Thursday stood by their...
Vice President Dick Cheney Thursday met accusations from Senate Judiciary Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) that he had interfered with Specter's proposal to have his committee subpoena three phone companies accused of allegedly providing records to the National Security Administration...
Supporters of repealing the federal estate tax failed Wednesday to get enough votes to begin floor debate on the Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2005 , which would allow wealthy families to avoid the estate tax,...
Human Rights Watch accused Sudan's Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur of failing to accomplish its mission of prosecuting war crimes, in a briefing paper released Thursday. In a press release , a...
A Russia-based international human rights group claimed Wednesday that it has turned over to authorities documentary proof of the existence of Russian-operated secret prisons in Chechnya which the group claimed to have discovered in a southern district...
