US Attorney General Eric Holder instructed federal prosecutors on Thursday to use DNA evidence as much as possible , in a reversal of Bush administration policy. Among the changes, defendants who plead guilty will no longer...

International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Thursday that the ICC has opened preliminary investigations in Honduras and Nigeria. The Honduras investigation will focus on the June 2009 coup that...

Thirty-three Republican senators filed an amicus curiae brief on Thursday supporting state attorneys general in their legal effort to have the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 materials; JURIST news...

The Indian government announced Thursday that it has authorized additional compensation for the victims of the 1984 Bhopal chemical spill disaster . The new package includes USD $15.8 million , adding to the original disbursement in June...

The US Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted in favor of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) , which would better equip US law enforcement to combat websites engaged in the pirating of movies,...

The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) of the UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a resolution detailing its concerns with human rights violations in North Korea . Passed 100-18 with 60 abstentions,...

Chief Justice Charles Canady of the Florida Supreme Court issued a memorandum Wednesday to the chief judges of Florida's 20 judicial circuits directing them to ensure that all foreclosure proceedings in the state...

Accused Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout pleaded not guilty in a US court on Wednesday and is currently being held without bail. Bout faces charges stemming from a 2008 indictment ...

A member of the Georgia House of Representatives introduced legislation on Wednesday to ban enrollment of illegal immigrants in public post-secondary education institutions. The bill, introduced by Rep. Tom Rice (R) ,...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay warned Wednesday that, despite the Bolivian government's reforms, most indigenous people and other vulnerable groups continue to suffer from extreme poverty and exclusion . Pillay commended progress [UN...