The US Sentencing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to give retroactive effect to an earlier amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines that will reduce penalties for crack cocaine offenders . The amendment, which took effect...

Robert Pickton , accused of the deadliest string of serial killings in Canadian history, was sentenced by a British Columbia judge Tuesday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years. The sentence was the maximum...

In Re: Motion for Release of Court Records, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, December 11, 2007 ....

CIA Director Michael Hayden appeared before the US Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed session Tuesday to testify about the CIA's destruction of videotapes allegedly showing the harsh interrogation of "high value"...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Tuesday ruled against publicly releasing documents regarding the National Security Agency's warrantless domestic surveillance program , finding that the documents deal with national security...

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday for abuse of authority in the last months of his 1990-2000 rule. Fujimori was convicted of ordering a warrantless search in...

Cuba will sign the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in the first quarter of the coming year, Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque said Monday during an event to mark International Human...

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) Tuesday ruled that labor unions can try to prevent employers from hiring cheaper labor from other EU countries, but limited workers' right to strike. The court found that...

Prosecution and defense lawyers said Tuesday that they will be ready to present evidence when the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor resumes in January at the Special Court for...

A former Guantanamo detainee who alleges he was tortured when the CIA handed him over to Moroccan interrogators has asked the UK government to ensure that photographic evidence of his torture is preserved, according to Tuesday reports. Ethiopian Binyam...