The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled Friday that the conviction and 210 month prison sentence of Juan Francisco Salazar, who was convicted of tampering with a witness in a drug trial, were proper. A jury found Salazar guilty of violating 18 USC 1512(b)(2)(A) after evidence was presented that he threatened to [...]
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Friday ruled that a Minnesota school district must give a student group advocating gay rights the same access to school facilities as other groups. Two students belonging to Straights and Gays for Equality (SAGE) sued the Osseo Area School District under the federal Equal Access [...]
Michelle Richardson : "Just when you thought domestic spying power grabs had been put to rest for the duration of this Administration, the Justice Department has publicly announced its intent to go after one of the last existing hurdles between the government and our private lives: the simple requirement that we be suspected of some [...]
Pakistani Law Minister Farooq H. Naek told reporters Thursday that ousted Supreme Court chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry cannot be reinstated because the current chief justice was legitimately appointed . Naek said that Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar should be recognized as holding the office and that the Pakistani Constitution does not permit the appointment [...]
Two former generals were convicted Thursday of killing a senator during the so-called "dirty war" in Argentina and have been sentenced to life terms of house arrest. A court in Tucuman province found Antonio Bussi and Luciano Menendez guilty of kidnapping, torturing and murdering Guillermo Vargas Aignasse in 1976, during the coup that began a [...]
The Mexican Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a law permitting first-trimester abortions in Mexico City does not violate the Mexican Constitution . The federal attorney general and the National Human Rights Commission brought a lawsuit last year challenging provisions of the Mexico City Criminal Code and Health Law that allow unrestricted abortions during the [...]
Former Bosnian Serb leader and war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic again refused to enter a plea on Friday to charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in a hearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) . The judge presiding over the hearing, Iain Bonomy entered a not-guilty plea on Karadzic's behalf. [...]
A federal jury on Thursday acquitted former US Marine Sgt. Jose Luis Nazario Jr. of voluntary manslaughter and other charges in the first civilian trial for crimes allegedly committed by a member of the US military in Iraq. After six hours of deliberation, a jury in US District Court for the Central District of California [...]
Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Thursday that a national referendum on his proposed reforms to the country's constitution will be held on December 7. If approved, the reforms would distribute more of Bolivia's land and energy resource income to the country's indigenous population. Morales said that a national referendum which permitted him to retain his [...]
Lawyers blocked streets in the major cities of Pakistan on Thursday to demand the reappointment of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and other judges removed last year by former President Pervez Musharraf . Aitzaz Ahsan , president of Pakistan's Supreme Court Bar Association, vowed that the blockades would continue until Chaudhry is [...]
