State of California Lethal Injection Protocol Review, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, May 15, 2007 . Read the full text of the report here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Vladimir Vukcevic , war crimes prosecutor of Serbia, told reporters Tuesday that the search for former Bosnian Serb military chief and UN-indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "has not stopped for even a moment" and hinted at progress that will "soon be able to seen." Vukcevic's statement follows statements by the European Union (EU) that [...]

Prominent Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is being held and investigated by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security for "security" crimes, a spokesperson for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday. The spokesman did not provide details, but told reporters that "the latest information I have from the judge handling the case is that the investigation… [...]

Embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told reporters Tuesday that the recommendations of resigning Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty were key in the firing of nine US Attorneys last year . In comments made to the National Press Club , Gonzales said that McNulty knew better than anyone else about the qualifications of the US Attorneys. [...]

Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that in March 2004, in response to Comey's reservations about reauthorizing the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program , then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card attempted to pressure the hospitalized Attorney General John Ashcroft to [...]

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday, formally requesting that the UN Security Council establish an ad hoc tribunal to investigate and try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri because "all possible means" to ratify a UN tribunal proposal in the Lebanese [...]

The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDF) and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas on Tuesday requested a temporary restraining order from the US District Court of the Northern District of Texas, seeking to block an anti-illegal immigration city ordinance scheduled to take effect next Tuesday in Farmers Branch, Texas. The ordinance, [...]

Tyco International said Tuesday that it has reached an agreement to settle most of the class actions pending against it by investors who were harmed by the actions of the company's former top executives. The settlement, which is subject to the approval of the largest shareholders and the federal court, requires Tyco to establish a [...]

The Supreme Court of Pakistan reconvened Tuesday to continue hearing petitions filed by suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after adjourning Monday when a Supreme Court justice objected to the presence of more junior judges on the high court panel . Lawyers for Chaudhry told the court that Chaudhry had been pressured to resign, and [...]

Lawyers for US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) urged a federal appeals court Tuesday to overturn a lower court ruling that the FBI's 18-hour raid on Jefferson's congressional offices was legal. Jefferson is also seeking a court order for the return of materials seized from his office in May 2006 by the US Department of Justice [...]