Sarajevo's Canton Court sentenced former Bosnian Army soldier Samir Bejtic to 14 1/2 years in prison Thursday for killing Bosnian Serbs in 1993 during the 1992-95 Bosnian war . A member of the Sarajevo-based Tenth Mountain...

Saudi Arabia would like to have all of its nationals held at the US detention center in Guantanamo Bay returned to Saudi custody within one year, Saudi ambassador to the United States Prince Turki Al-Faisal [official...

Efrain Rios Montt , a former Guatemalan dictator, has called Spanish National Court Judge Santiago Pedraz's order for Montt's arrest last week unfounded, insisting that he did not know of any crimes against humanity committed by...

A New Jersey state jury in Atlantic City found Merck not liable Thursday for a woman's heart attack, saying that Merck adequately warned doctors of the health risks from the company's painkiller Vioxx [Merck...

JURIST is back online after a major power failure in central Pittsburgh early Thursday knocked out power to the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and surrounding campus buildings. JURIST's staff dispersed to remote locations during the...

Wilson v. Libby, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, July 13, 2006 [asserting that Vice President Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, I. Lewis Libby and 10 unnamed administration officials violated her rights to privacy, free speech, and equal...

Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, passed by the the US House of Representatives, July 13, 2006 ....

Kerrigan v. Connecticut, Connecticut Superior Court, July 12, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion per...

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) for 25 years. The renewal bill now goes to the Senate for approval after...

Former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park , was convicted Thursday on charges of money laundering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and acting as an unregistered agent of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. A...