The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) expressed concern Monday that the country's new regulations regarding information obtained through torture of foreign detainees may still leave intelligence agents vulnerable to legal action...
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UK rights commission concerned over new interrogation guidelines
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Federal judge declares mistrial in murder case against Blackwater contractors
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Federal judge allows California to move forward with first execution in 4 years
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States file amicus brief against California same-sex marriage decision
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Scalia stays Louisiana class action ruling against tobacco companies
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Federal judge rejects ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ discharge
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Obama administration invokes state secrets in effort to block targeted killings lawsuit
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Kenya court convicts 7 more Somali pirates
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DOJ asks court not to enforce ruling overturning ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
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Washington high court upholds state’s Internet gambling ban
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A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia declared a mistrial Monday in a murder case against two Blackwater defense contractors after the jury failed to reach a verdict....
A federal judge ruled Friday that the state of California can move forward with plans to execute a convicted rapist and murderer later this week. Albert Brown was convicted of raping and murdering a 15-year-old...
Thirteen state attorneys general have joined in an amicus curiae brief urging the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to overturn a federal court decision striking down California's ban on same-sex marriage [JURIST...
US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday stayed a Louisiana appeals court ruling awarding $241.5 million to the plaintiffs in a class action suit against several tobacco companies. The ruling, issued by Scalia in...
A federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington on Friday ordered that a US Air Force officer be reinstated after being previously discharged under the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT)...
The Obama administration on Friday filed a brief with the District Court for the District of Columbia , asking the court to dismiss a lawsuit questioning the legality of targeted killings of terrorism suspects....
A Kenyan court on Thursday convicted seven Somali pirates and sentenced them to five years in prison. The group was tried and convicted in the coastal town of Mombasa where they had been held...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an objection Thursday in the US District Court for the Central District of California asking the court not to issue a proposed injunction prohibiting the military...
The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a state ban on online gambling is constitutional. Washington resident Lee Rousso gambled online in the past and wanted to continue doing so, arguing that a new...
