Beard v. Banks, Supreme Court of the United States, June 28, 2006 [holding that the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections could set regulations forbidding the most difficult inmates from reading and possessing general-interest newspapers and magazines, despite arguments that such regulations...

League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, Supreme Court of the United States, June 27, 2006 [holding that only one of the new voting districts created by the 2003 Texas congressional redistricting plan that helped Republicans gain six seats...

The Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday renewed calls for Russia to abolish the death penalty . Russia recently assumed the rotating chairmanship of the COE's Committee of Ministers . The...

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged Nepal's Maoist Communist Party (CPN-M) to end alleged abductions and other abuses committed by the party. In a...

A lawyer for Morgan Stanley asked a three-judge panel of the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal on Wednesday to overturn a "disproportionate" 2005 jury verdict awarded to billionaire financier and Revlon Chairman...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday signed off on requirements for obtaining a photo ID card that citizens of Georgia must present to vote in elections. Georgia's State Election Board ,...

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal called for congressional action on regulation of the hedge fund industry, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday. Blumenthal told the panel that federal oversight was needed to fill...

Terry Collins , director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has set forth several changes in Ohio's lethal injection protocol in a report and letter addressed to Ohio Governor Bob...

Indonesia is preparing to execute three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings , a spokesman from the Indonesian Attorney General's office said Wednesday. Under Indonesian law, spokesman Wayan Pasek Suarte could not disclose the location or...

A UK High Court judge ruled Wednesday that control orders authorizing the electronic monitoring or house arrest of terror suspects where there is not enough evidence to prosecute or convict them violate Article 5 ...