Japan's Ministry of Justice indicated Thursday that it would revise a law which denied Japanese citizenship to the illegitimate children of Japanese fathers and foreign mothers. The Supreme Court of Japan ruled Wednesday...

The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released two new reports Friday detailing increased populations in American jails and prisons . The reports show that the US prison population...

The US Department of Justice filed a complaint Thursday in the US District Court for the District of Columbia against Honeywell International Inc. , alleging that the company knowingly sold more than 1,700 defective...

A Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judge announced Wednesday the creation of an oversight committee designed to increase the effectiveness of the state criminal-justice system and to ensure its procedures are both reasonable and legal. Judge...

Mexico urged the International Court of Justice (ICJ) Thursday to stay the US executions of Mexican citizens until the Court can rule on the applicability of its holding in Avena and Other Mexican Nationals...

The Nicaraguan National Assembly has passed new legislation to provide increased legal protections to refugees and asylum seekers coming from other Central American countries and, increasingly, from Africa and Asia . Nicaragua [JURIST news...

Zimbabwean police detained US and UK diplomatic envoys for several hours at a roadblock Thursday, threatening them and beating one of their drivers, according to US Ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGee, who described the incident as an "illegal action."...

A Tel Aviv court Wednesday charged former Israeli Finance Minister Abraham Hirschon with embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating nearly $1.2 million as head of a trade union between 1998 and 2005. Hirschon and five other union...

Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks were arraigned before a military court at Guantanamo Bay Thursday. The group includes the alleged lead planner of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC...

The Korean Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) Thursday levied nearly $26 million in fines against US computer chip manufacturer Intel Corp. after a KFTC probe found that the company had engaged in anti-competitive practices....