Legal papers belonging to Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks were among those seized by US investigators in a probe into the June suicides of three other Guantanamo inmates - a Yemeni and...

US v. Padilla, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, August 21, 2006 [finding that the charge of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim persons in a foreign country is "multiplicitous" and violates the Double Jeopardy Clause...

US District Judge Marcia Cooke has dismissed one of the charges brought against terror suspect Jose Padilla and his two co-defendants, ruling that the charge is "multiplicitous" and violates the Double Jeopardy Clause ...

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Monday called on all states to standardize their criminal statutes dealing with sexual predators during a speech given at the 18th Annual Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas....

A Russian court on Monday rejected the case against former Russian Atomic Minister Yevgeny Adamov , citing factual errors in court filings, and told prosecutors to develop the case further before presenting it to the...

The Congolese Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) , charged with overseeing the July presidential election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, released the provisional results of the election on Monday, and announced that...

A judge in Missouri heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging a Missouri law requiring voters to show photo identification before being permitted to vote. The class-action lawsuit seeking a...

UK authorities on Monday charged 11 people in connection with the foiled terror plot to bomb airplanes crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Eight were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and with preparing acts of terrorism,...

A hearing in China's case against former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan has been scheduled for Friday, Zhao's lawyer announced on Monday. Zhao is charged with providing state secrets to foreigners, and faces a possible...

UN nuclear inspectors said Monday that Iran has denied them access to an underground nuclear site, and UN officials said that by refusing to allow access Iran may be in violation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty [PDF text; JURIST...