US President George Bush on Friday defended the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay , calling it "a necessary part of protecting the American people". Bush's comments came during a White House press conference with German Chancellor...

A US Department of Justice spokesperson on Friday confirmed that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the NSA domestic surveillance program at the request ...

New Jersey Gov. Richard J. Codey on Thursday signed several bills, including one which creates a special commission on the death penalty and places a moratorium on capital punishment until at least 60 days...

Canada has deported Samir Ait Mohamed, an Algerian terror suspect accused of plotting to blow up the largely Jewish Montreal neighborhood of Outremont, to an undisclosed location Wednesday. Canadian authorities detained Mohamed when he attempted to enter the US...

Witness testimony at the confirmation hearings for Judge Samuel Alito before the US Senate Judiciary Committee concluded Friday with experts both supporting and opposing the Supreme Court nominee. Duke Law School professor...

Aegis Insurance Services v. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Alvin Hellerstein, January 12, 2006 [holding that New York City is immune under state law from liability...

Pentagon records made public Thursday by the ACLU through ongoing FOIA requests show that the US Army closed a criminal investigation of abuse allegations by an Iraqi detainee last year without...

A study commissioned by the Canadian Justice Department and obtained by Canadian Press has urged the Canadian federal government to legalize polygamy to help protect women and children in those relationships. Section 293 of the Canadian Criminal...

US military prosecutors have dropped murder charges against Chief Warrant Officer Jefferson Williams in connection with the 2003 suffocation of Iraqi Major General Abed Hamed Mowhoush. In a plea deal with prosecutors Williams, one of three soldiers...

Former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz is ailing and may have only weeks to live, lawyer Badia Aref said Thursday, claiming his client is suffering from high blood pressure, cannot walk properly, and is being given...