The state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis Wednesday night after his eleventh-hour appeal for clemency was denied by the US Supreme Court. Davis was put to death by lethal injection, the...
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Georgia executes Troy Anthony Davis after Supreme Court denies stay
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Liberia prison conditions condemned by human rights group
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Federal judge dismisses state challenge to voting rights law
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France prosecutor seeks acquittal in Chirac corruption case
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Federal appeals court reinstates $675,000 damages in music sharing case
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Supreme Court stays Texas execution for third time
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Federal judge orders release of Proposition 8 trial video
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UN rights chief urges Belarus to release political prisoners
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Federal appeals court allows damages against Chevron for Ecuador oil spill
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Holder: Obama committed to closing Guantanamo
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The Liberian government must work to improve its generally poor prison conditions, according to an Amnesty International (AI) assessment released Wednesday. "Good Intentions Are Not Enough: The Struggle to Reform Liberia's Prisons" describes...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Wednesday dismissed a challenge to election monitoring under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) . In a 151-page decision , Judge John Bates...
A Paris prosecutor on Tuesday, asked that the corruption charges against former French president Jacques Chirac be dropped. Additionally, the prosecutor has requested acquittal of the nine other individuals charged with...
The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Friday reinstated a $675,000 verdict against a Boston University student who illegally downloaded 30 songs and then shared them on the Web.The verdict was,...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Tuesday ordered a stay of execution for Cleve Foster , a former Army recruiter and convicted murderer. The execution, which had been scheduled for Tuesday...
Chief US District Judge James Ware of the US District Court for the Northern District of California decided Monday to unseal video recordings from last year's trial over Proposition 8 ,...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday suggested a need for UN intervention in Belarus and demanded the nation free non-violent political prisoners. Although Belarus is an active member of the...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday ended an injunction on damages levied against US oil company Chevron , making the company potentially liable for $18 billion...
US Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday President Barack Obama remains committed to closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay , despite political opposition. At the European Parliament in Brussels, Holder stated the administration's commitment...
