At least 3,797 people were executed in 2004 and at least 7,395 people in 64 countries were sentenced to death last year, according to the annual report on the use of capital punishment released by Amnesty International ...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Tuesday, April 5.The US Senate convenes at 9:45 AM ET today. Watch a live webcast of the session. The Senate Judiciary Committee...

Knight v. Superior Court of Sacramento County, Court of Appeal of the State of California, Third Appellate District, April 5, 2005 [rejecting the contention that California's domestic partnership law violates the state Defense of Marriage Act passed by voters in...

Johnson v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, April 4, 2005 [ruling that where a prisoner challenges a federal sentence on the grounds that a state conviction used to enhance it was vacated, the one-year filing deadline for...

Rousey v. Jacoway, Supreme Court of the United States, April 4, 2005 can be exempted from a bankruptcy estate, allowing bankruptcy filers to retain their IRAs rather than forcing them to divide the assets...

Federal prosecutors argued Monday that it would be in the public interest for former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay to face trial this summer - no later than June -...

California's Third District Court of Appeal Monday rejected a challenge to the state's domestic partnership law granting same-sex partners a body of rights almost identical to those enjoyed by the state's married couples, including automatic parental status and...

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that prisoners at Camp Bucca , a US-run detention camp in southern Iraq, rioted on April 1 despite an initial US military denial of any incident....

In Monday's environmental law news, the California legislature is considering revisions to the 35-year-old California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The revisions are prompted by increased housing costs in the rapidly growing state. The CEQA requires a variety...

The Florida Attorney General's office has filed its first lawsuit under the state's new anti-spam law . Civil suits seeking up to $24 million in fines were filed Monday against Scott Filary,...