Thousands of lawyers working for political parties, government and interest groups are preparing to go into action across the United States Tuesday when Americans vote in mid-term elections. At stake is control of Congress and a series...
The US DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that Iraqi-American Mohammed Munaf had to be given ten days to appeal his case to the US Supreme Court and then the high court had to be accorded...
UK Home Secretary John Reid is soliciting bids for the provision of prison ships to house approximately 800 inmates to relieve pressure on Britain's overcrowded jails. The system has neared its 80,000 inmate limit and...
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) prosecutor Carla del Ponte said Saturday that she believes that Bosnian war fugitive Ratko Mladic "is in Serbia, in...
The New York State Supreme Court Thursday ordered former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard A. Grasso to pay back a major portion of the compensation paid to him while he held that...
French state rail network SNCF announced Friday that since June 2006 it has received about 1200 claims related to its role in helping the Nazis to transport people, mostly Jews, to concentration...
Members of the Australian Lawyers Alliance have voted unanimously to condemn the Australian government's handling of the case of Australian national David Hicks , held by American authorities at Guantanamo Bay after...
Sixteen states have in recent years made it easier for convicted felons to vote, according to new report by The Sentencing Project . Lifetime voting bans in Iowa , Nebraska, and New Mexico have...
California’s First District State Court of Appeal upheld a state ban on gay marriage Thursday. In a 2-1 decision , the court held that the ban was not unconstitutional because it did not violate any "vested...
