The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday decided to revisit a case to determine whether a California law declaring Armenian genocide in Turkey conflicts with US foreign policy. At issue is...
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Ninth Circuit to rehear Armenian genocide lawsuit
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Texas appeals court stays execution over DNA testing law changes
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Georgia high court reviewing assisted suicide law
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Supreme Court hears arguments on Jerusalem passport, immigration removal
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Sri Lanka urged to enforce laws against torture, ill-treatment
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Four new charges against Ukraine ex-PM Tymoshenko
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Federal judge blocks new tobacco warning label requirements
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Supreme Court to rule on life sentences for juveniles convicted of homicide
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Spain court sentences ETA leader to 105 years for ordering murder
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France court begins new terror trial for ‘Carlos the Jackal’
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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Monday stayed the execution of convicted murderer Henry "Hank" Skinner in order to review changes to a state law that may permit DNA testing in relation...
A Georgia law intended to combat assisted suicide actually infringes on First Amendment rights, defense lawyers argued to the Supreme Court of Georgia on Monday. The law makes it a felony...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases. In MBZ v. Clinton , the court heard arguments on whether the political question doctrine deprives a...
Sri Lanka has failed to successfully investigate the issues of torture and impunity for past human rights violations in the country, Amnesty International (AI) said Monday on the eve of a review by the UN...
The State Tax Service of the Ukraine is reopening four cases against former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko , her lawyer reported on her website on Monday. The charges allege tax evasion...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday granted a temporary injunction to block the implementation of new requirements of graphic image and textual warning labels imposed by the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in three cases. In Jackson v. Hobbs , the court will consider whether the imposition of a life-without-parole sentence on a 14-year-old child...
A Spanish court on Friday sentenced a former military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA , Francisco Javier Garcia Gatzelu, alias Txapote, to 105 years in prison for ordering the murder of Socialist politician Fernando Buesa and...
A special anti-terrorist court at the Palais de Justice in Paris began proceedings on Monday in the trial of alleged terrorist "Carlos the Jackal" accused of planning numerous bombings throughout France in the early 80s. Venezuelan-born Ilich...
