Crime victims gained a higher profile in California’s criminal justice system on Tuesday with voter approval of Proposition 9 , also known as the Victims’ Rights Protection Act of 2008. The only winner among three criminal justice initiatives,...

Rights groups filed a writ petition with the California Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking to invalidate a state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage. Proposition 8 , which was approved ...

A collective of Saudi citizens began a 48-hour hunger strike Thursday to protest what it called the illegal detention of 11 political reformists and to call for judicial reform. The protesters, who include Saudi lawyers, scholars, and...

An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide in Darfur could “derail” the peace process in Sudan according to a statement by Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Edmond Mulet on Wednesday....

Vietnamese Justice Minister Ha Hung Cuong on Monday asked the country's National Assembly to consider reducing the number of crimes subject to the death penalty. Cuong’s proposal, which would eliminate the death penalty for crimes like bribery...

Law enforcement officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Wednesday arrested Momir Pelemis and Slavko Peric on suspicion that they committed genocide by engaging in the capture and execution of 1700 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica [BBC backgrounder; JURIST...

Judge Nancy Atlas of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced former US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent Santiago Perez to one year and one day in prison for civil...

Michigan became the thirteenth US state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use Tuesday after voters passed Proposition 1 by 63 percent to 37 percent . The Michigan Medical Marijuana Act urged by the Michigan Coalition for...

Voters in Nevada Tuesday approved a ballot initiative that would restrict the state's ability to use eminent domain law to acquire private property. The initiative includes amendments to the Nevada State Constitution ...

Members from all parties of the German parliament passed a resolution Wednesday seeking to counter anti-Semitism in the country. The measure requires the government to develop a report on anti-Semitic...