The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Bond v. United States that a private individual can challenge whether a federal criminal law passed to implement an...
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Tapia v. United States that a federal sentencing law does not permit sentencing judges to impose or lengthen prison terms for the...
The New York State Assembly passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage Wednesday, but the fate of the bill is uncertain as it moves to the State Senate . The...
The UN on Tuesday denied reports it instructed the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) to close further investigations into war crimes committed under the Khmer Rouge regime. In a...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) announced Wednesday that Rwandan genocide suspect and former Hutu militia leader Bernard Munyagishari was transferred from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the UN Detention Facility in Tanzania...
The Taiwan Judicial Yuan President Lai Hau-min announced Tuesday a new law to remove judges, but critics argue the measure could destroy judicial independence. The new law requires that judges be evaluated every three...
The Oklahoma Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a state immigration law as constitutional except for a section denying bail to illegal immigrants charged with crimes. The court ruled 8-1 that HB 1804's denial...
A court in Moscow acquitted human rights activist Oleg Orlov of a libel suit brought by Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov over an allegation that he was responsible for the killing of a Chechen rights...
The Philippines Supreme Court said Tuesday that it would allow the live broadcast of the November 2009 Maguindanao Massacre trial subject to guidelines set by the court. The court decided...
The Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday there is no evidence of undue pressure by superiors on the judge that sentenced former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky . One of Khodorkovsky's main...
