The population of individuals in US prisons rose by 2.7 percent in 2005, according to an annual report released Wednesday by the US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics . The report indicates that over...
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British Home Secretary John Reid Monday outlined steps to combat the increasingly urgent problem of prison overcrowding . Over the weekend, the prison population of England and Wales reached a record...
Thai Army chief Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin , who led Tuesday's coup ousting the Thai civilian government , told reporters Wednesday that he will serve as acting prime minister and hopes to find a replacement prime...
Peru judge indicts opposition leader for human rights abuses
A Peruvian judge on Thursday indicted Ollanta Humala , the opposition leader who narrowly lost the June Peruvian presidential election to present incumbent Alan Garcia...
Mexico election court rejects most fraud challenges in disputed presidential race
Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal on Monday rejected most challenges to last month's disputed presidential election , dismissing the bulk of fraud allegations brought by leftist challenger Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ....
Mexico opposition party vows continued protests despite likely court loss
Leaders of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) , the Mexican political party led by Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador , the leftist candidate challenging the results of Mexico's disputed July 2 presidential...
Peru prosecutors file human rights charges against opposition leader
Peruvian prosecutors have filed informal charges against Ollanta Humala , the opposition leader who narrowly lost the recent presidential election to Alan Garcia, for murder, torture and kidnapping stemming from his position as an...
New Orleans criminal court reopens nine months after Katrina
The Orleans Parish Criminal District Court building in New Orleans officially reopens Thursday morning, and the first criminal trials since Hurricane Katrina struck at the end of August are scheduled to start on Monday....
Wire services are reporting that Coretta Scott King , wife of the late US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and a key figure in the civil rights movement herself, has died. She was 78, and...
Roberts questioned on abortion rights in second day of hearings
The Senate Judiciary Committee wasted no time in asking for the thoughts of Chief Justice nominee John Roberts on abortion and the 1973 high court decision in Roe v. Wade during Tuesday's round of...
