Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia announced Thursday that he would suspend the death penalty and commute the sentences of all prisoners currently on death row to 30 years in prison. In a lengthy...

A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that New York City intentionally discriminated against minority fire department applicants by continuing to use an exam that it knew placed those applicants at a disadvantage. Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the...

Spain's National Court on Wednesday convicted five people for their involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings on charges of supporting terrorist groups that planned attacks. The men were indicted...

A UN spokesperson acknowledged Wednesday that Haiti's main prison in the capital Port-au-Prince collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake, and many of the inmates have escaped. As US President Barack Obama sent thousands of troops to help with the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday reinstated an antitrust lawsuit that accuses major record labels of price-fixing nearly 80 percent of US digital music sales. In overturning a lower court...

A judge for Nigeria's Federal High Court on Wednesday ordered Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to assume executive powers due to the prolonged absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua , who has been in Saudi Arabia receiving...

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 5-4 that the trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban may not be broadcast because...

Hollingsworth, et al. v. Perry, et al., US Supreme Court, January 13, 2010 [holding that the trial on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 same-sex marriage ban may not be broadcast because the court did not follow proper procedure when...

Starr v. Sony BMG, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, January 13, 2010 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary...

United States v. Vulcan Society, et al., US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, January 13, 2010 [holding that New York City intentionally discriminated against minority fire department applicants by continuing to use an exam that it...