The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a petition by former attorney general John Ashcroft to reconsider its decision that Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute and...
The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday unanimously approved a bill to reduce sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin , is intended...
The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to impeach federal judge Thomas Porteous of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana . The case will now proceed...
The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will eventually face justice in The Hague. Speaking in London before the British House of...
A Spanish National Court judge on Monday accused the Venezuelan government of aiding two rebel groups in a plot to assassinate members of the Colombian government in Spain. Judge Eloy Velasco charged [indictment, PDF, in...
The Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled Friday to seize 46.4 billion baht (USD $1.4 billion) in assets from ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for abuses of power while in office....
US President Barack Obama on Monday released the administration's health care reform proposal , four days in advance of a bipartisan summit on the issue. The proposal seeks to reconcile the versions of the bills passed last year...
Judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber II requested Friday that chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo provide additional information regarding his request to open a formal investigation into allegations of...
A Beijing court on Friday indicted Huang Guangyu, formerly China's richest man , with insider trading, bribery, and illegal business practices. The charges , brought by the Supreme People's Procuratorate come almost 15...
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Friday that Russia breached the European Convention on Human Rights in two cases concerning disappearances in Chechnya . In the cases of Razman Guluyeva...
