The UK Terrorism Act 2006 became law Thursday as the legislation received royal assent. A vote in the UK House of Lords last week cleared the way for the bill to move...
The UK House of Lords and House of Commons ended a political standoff Wednesday by adopting a compromise on the controversial Identity Cards Bill . The legislation had bounced back and forth between...
The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Thursday that the Special Court for Sierra Leone has asked the country to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news...
The jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial will resume deliberations Thursday to decide whether the al Qaeda conspirator should receive the death penalty for his role in the Sept. 11 attacks . The...
AP is reporting that Ahmed Omar Abu Ali has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for joining al Qaeda and plotting to assassinate President Bush . Abu Ali faced a possible life sentence following...
A Maryland judge ruled Wednesday that DC sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad can represent himself during his upcoming trial on six counts of first degree murder related to the three-week series of shootings in the Washington, DC...
US District Judge Ivan Lemelle on Monday refused to order changes to New Orleans municipal elections scheduled for April 22. Lemelle held a hearing Monday morning to consider arguments from civil rights groups that...
AP is reporting that al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui has testified that he and "shoe bomber" Richard Reid were meant to hijack a fifth airplane and fly it into the White House as part...
Afghanistan Supreme Court Judge Ansarullah Mawlavizada said Thursday that Afghan courts will not bow to outside pressure in the case of Abdul Rahman , who has been jailed for converting to Christianity and who could face the death...
US Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) , chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday that the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program "without congressional intervention or judicial intervention is just plain wrong." In an interview with...
