US Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) said Tuesday that he is resigning from his seat in the US House of Representatives rather than enter a tough re-election race this fall. DeLay...
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US District Judge Jeremy Fogel has authorized lawyers to obtain information on executioners at San Quentin Prison, but has banned the release of any details about them to the public. Lawyers for convicted murderer and death row...
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor met with several potential defense lawyers after he pleaded not guilty Monday to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the...
British Defense Minister John Reid on Tuesday called for changes to the international rules of war, including the Geneva Conventions , in order to allow countries to better confront terrorism and other threats. In...
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori will be extradited from Chile to Peru to face corruption and human rights charges before this summer, Peru's Justice Minister Alejandro Tudela ...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday called on states to ratify the 1997 anti-personnel mine ban treaty and said that it should only take ten years to rid the world of all land mines will take...
The US military commissions at Guantanamo Bay are scheduled to resume proceedings Tuesday, with pre-trial hearings scheduled for four prisoners facing terrorism-related charges. Among those scheduled to appear is Binyam Muhammad ,...
The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to settle a split among the circuits on whether immigrants convicted of state drug felonies can remain in the US if their crimes were misdemeanors under federal law. The Court...
A federal judge Monday denied a request by defense lawyers to review alleged National Security Agency (NSA) wiretaps in the government's case against a Pakistani-American father and son who are accused of terrorism-related activities. Hamid...
The Iraqi High Criminal Court announced Tuesday that new genocide and crimes against humanity charges have been filed against Saddam Hussein and six others in his former regime's crackdown against the...
