A federal judge Wednesday ruled that the Pentagon must release additional documents revealing the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees who have either been released or who have alleged abuse by prison guards or other detainees. The...
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Federal judge orders Pentagon to disclose names of released, abused Gitmo detainees
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DOJ retreats from Gonzales disavowal of responsibility for Arar deportation
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Louisiana grand jury indicts nursing home owners for Katrina deaths
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Turkish court acquits novelist on state slander charges
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Domestic surveillance bill advances to House floor
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House Judiciary Committee approves military commissions bill after killing it
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Federal shield law for reporters meets opposition from deputy US AG
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Jordan court sentences failed suicide bomber to death for hotel blasts
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Florida death row inmate executed after Supreme Court refuses stay
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Hong Kong court upholds rejection of gay sex ban
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A US Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesman retreated Wednesday from comments made earlier this week by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the case of Canadian Maher Arar in...
A Louisiana grand jury in New Orleans indicted Salvador and Mabel Mangano Wednesday on 35 charges of negligent homicide and 64 charges of cruelty to the infirm from the couple's alleged refusal to evacuate a St. Rita's Nursing Home...
A judge in Turkey Thursday acquitted Turkish novelist Elif Shafak on charges that she "insulted the Turkish identity" in violation of Article 301 of the country's penal code, for comments referring...
The US House Judiciary Committee voted 20 to 16 along party lines Wednesday to approve the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act of 2006 , a measure that would relax warrant requirements for electronic...
The US House Judiciary Committee approved the Military Commissions Act Wednesday 20-19, but only after its Republican leadership harnessed enough votes to overcome an initial 20-17 vote that would have killed the legislation. Key...
US Justice Department Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty argued against the pending Free Flow of Information Act of 2006 during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, saying that a federal shield law...
An Iraqi woman who attempted to detonate a suicide bomb as part of the 2005 deadly hotel bombings in Amman was sentenced to death Thursday by a Jordanian military court. Sajida al-Rishawi was convicted along with six...
Clarence Hill , who was convicted of the 1982 murder of a police officer, was executed Wednesday in Florida after the US Supreme Court denied his request to stay the execution. Five justices voted...
The Hong Kong Court of Appeal Wednesday upheld a 2005 ruling that laws prohibiting gay sex are unconstitutional and discriminatory and violate Hong Kong's Basic Law and the Bill of...
