UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan encouraged the US on Friday to lead the world in advancing human rights in a speech at George Washington University, and criticized the Bush administration for deciding not to seek a position...
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JURIST , the non-commercial legal news and research service powered by law students led by Professor Bernard Hibbitts at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law , is in a dead heat with US legal television network...
US Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) , chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, released a report by the Law Library of Congress on Friday showing that several countries have harsher policies for illegal immigrants and their employers...
John Allen Muhammad , representing himself, began questioning witnesses Friday in his second trial involving the three-week shooting spree in the Washington, DC area in 2002. Jury selection in the trial began on Monday...
US Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards on Friday criticized new Bush administration rules that make it easier for law enforcement officials to wiretap Internet phone calls during arguments in front of the federal appeals court in Washington, DC. The...
UK Home Secretary Charles Clarke was dropped from Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet in a major cabinet shuffle Friday and was replaced by John Reid , who formerly served as...
A Russian jury on Friday acquitted two Chechens in the murder of American journalist Paul Klebnikov , who was the editor of Forbes magazine's Russian edition when he was shot and killed in 2004. Kazbek Dukuzov...
AP is reporting that Porter Goss , director of the US Central Intelligence Agency has resigned. Goss, a former CIA and Army intelligence officer who chaired the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence while a member...
The Illinois Supreme Court said Friday that it would not reconsider its decision ruling invalid a $10.1 billion judgment against Philip Morris USA in a case where the tobacco company had been...
US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger defended US policies on the treatment of detainees as the UN Committee against Torture began its review Friday of US compliance with the Convention against Torture ....
