Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, April 6.The US Senate convenes at Noon ET today. Watch a live webcast of proceedings. The Senate Environment and Public Works...

The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004, Amnesty International, April 5, 2005 [reporting that the number of executions, which does not include executions that many governments fail to officially report, is the second highest figure the organization has recorded in...

In Tuesday's environmental law news, as part of a plea bargain with the US Department of Justice , the Taiwanese container shipping company Evergreen International S.A. has agreed to a $25 million fine and pleaded guilty...

Members of Iraq's National Assembly Tuesday reached agreement on a president and vice presidents for the transitional government. Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani will be named president Wednesday, while Shiite Adel Abdul Mahdi and Sunni...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that the US will be cautious in deciding on the release of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay on terror suspicions. Rice said the decisions were a...

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday that the refusal of federal judges to intervene in the Terri Schiavo case will not influence an ongoing struggle between Republicans and Democrats over judicial nominations by...

The US will phase in by 2008 tighter border controls requiring US citizens re-entering the country from Canada, Mexico, Panama and Bermuda to have passports, US officials announced Tuesday. Under the new rules made public by the State Department...

Following up on a JURIST report from earlier today, US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has acknowledged for the first time that provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act were used in the investigation against Brandon Mayfield,...

Over a dozen insurance companies, including AIG and Chubb Corp. , have pulled their support for establishing a $140 billion federal trust fund to pay claims arising from asbestos-related lawsuits. The move makes it unlikely that...

In Tuesday's international brief, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has questioned the fairness of the recent national elections in Zimbabwe . In a statement issued Monday, Annan said that he was concerned that the electoral process failed to...