The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for the third time vacated a trial court's sentence of former HealthSouth executive Ken Livesay for being too lenient Monday, remanding...
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Eleventh Circuit rules ex-HealthSouth executive’s sentence too lenient
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Rwanda genocide tribunal overturns conviction of ex-president’s brother-in-law
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Australia PM issues apology to migrant children
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HealthSouth CEO sentencing remand [11th Circuit]
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International prosecutors call for convention on crimes against humanity
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Italy court adjourns Berlusconi tax fraud trial until January
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Supreme Court issues summary decision in favor of defense attorney
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Sierra Leone war crimes court hands over control of detention facility
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Obama adminstration to open new Bagram detention facility
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Supreme Court to hear habeas corpus appeal
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The appeals chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday overturned the genocide conviction and 20-year prison sentence for Protais Zigiranyirazo , ruling that the the...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday issued an apology to poor and underprivileged British children who were sent to Australia and other former British colonies over the last century with the supposed intention of...
US v. Livesay, US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, November 16, 2009 [vacating a trial court's sentence of former HealthSouth executive Ken Livesay for being too lenient Monday, remanding the case to the lower court with a demand...
Prosecutors from the five major international tribunals on Monday called on member states "to seriously consider the adoption of a convention on the Suppression and Punishment of Crimes against Humanity." The statement came at the end of...
An Italian court on Monday reopened the tax fraud trial of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , but immediately adjourned it until January as a result of official business. Berlusconi was unable to attend the...
The US Supreme Court issued a summary decision on Monday in Wong v. Belmontes , finding that a defendant's attorney was not required to present mitigating evidence that could...
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday handed over its detention facility to the Sierra Leone Prison Service in a monumental step towards the court's resolution. The Sierra Leone Prison Service will...
International human rights officials toured the new US detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan, at the edge of Bagram Air Base on Sunday. The new facility , which has room for 1,400 detainees, is part of the...
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Magwood v. Culliver . The court limited its grant of certiorari to the first question presented, whether "hen a...
