The New Jersey Supreme Court Tuesday held that mental retardation, like insanity, is a condition to be affirmatively proved by the defense in state death penalty cases. In a 5-2 ruling , the court overturned an...
Britain's top judge has said that disregarding human rights will only breed resentment among immigrants to the UK and fuel support for terrorist efforts. In an address delivered late last week at the University of Hertfordshire, Lord Chief...
A European Parliament delegation met with Romanian lawmaker Norica Nicolai on Tuesday as part of its ongoing investigation into allegations that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) held terror...
The nephew of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat began a sit-in in front of Egypt's parliament on Tuesday to protest his upcoming military trial for implicating the Egyptian army in his uncle's assassination 25 years...
The US Election Assistance Commission has found little evidence to support claims of voter fraud that have been driving the recent push for more stringent voter registration and voter ID policies , USA...
The whereabouts and fate of at least 40 prisoners captured by Canadian forces in and around Afghanistan and later transferred to local or US authorities since the invasion of the country by US-led forces in 2001...
Indian police held the alleged "main brain" behind the 2005 Mumbai train bombings in custody Wednesday after he was captured in the Indian city of Belgaum in Karnataka state. Asif Khan Bashir Khan -...
Former Hewlett-Packard chairman Patricia Dunn and four others were charged in California Wednesday with criminal offenses related to a corporate spy...
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Tuesday began the long process of documenting personal statements on crimes and abuses committed during the country's 14-year civil war . Jerome Verdier [ELaw...
Dick Marty , the Swiss parliamentarian who has been leading the Council of Europe probe into CIA terror secret prisons and renditions in Europe , announced Tuesday that he intends to accompany UN Special...
