The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local ordinances prohibiting convicted sex offenders (CSOs) from living near schools, playgrounds, and other public areas were preempted by the state's Megan's Law and, therefore, invalid....

Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives on Thursday announced the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," which would require approval from a state's governor and legislature before Guantanamo Bay detainees...

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday denied an application for stay of deportation filed by accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk . Demjanjuk faces deportation...

The security company known formerly as Blackwater Worldwide on Thursday concluded its operations in Baghdad as its contract to protect American diplomats in Iraq ended. A spokesperson from the US Embassy in Iraq [official...

The French government on Wednesday confirmed that it will accept Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee Lakhdar Boumediene after his release from the detention center. Boumediene was the named plaintiff in the US Supreme Court case...

The UK Home Office on Thursday released new proposals for a controversial DNA database that would remove the DNA information of innocent people. The Home Office said that DNA information...

The Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic voted Wednesday to approve the European Union (EU) reform treaty, also known as the Lisbon Treaty , sending the document to Czech President Vaclav Klaus [official...

US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigators have concluded that three former Bush administration lawyers responsible for authoring controversial CIA interrogation memos should not face criminal prosecutions, according to Wednesday media reports. A draft report...

London High Court judges Lord Justice Thomas and Mr. Justice Lloyd Jones agreed Wednesday to reconsider a February decision to redact information from a ruling about former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed [Reprieve profile;...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday granted a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to drop its appeal in the case of Iraq war objector 1st Lt. Ehren Watada [advocacy website; JURIST news...