An American Bar Association (ABA) panel has proposed revisions to its judicial code of conduct so that judges are advised to avoid impropriety but would no longer be subject to formal discipline for failing to...
READ MORE ▸
Portugal is the latest country to open an investigation into alleged stopovers of secret CIA rendition flights transporting terror suspects, according to a report from state-owned news agency Lusa Monday. Last month,...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko announced Monday that he has appealed to the country's Constitutional Court a recently-passed bill he fears will illegally expand the cabinet's power at the expense of the presidency. The...
Former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig was resentenced Monday to 24 months in prison, his third sentencing for charges stemming from a 2002 indictment on bank fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. In July 2003,...
The court-martial of 1st Lt. Ehren Watada began Monday on charges of missing movement and conduct unbecoming an officer for Watada's refusal to be deployed to Iraq with his military unit. The...
The White House's proposed 2008 budget of $2.9 trillion released Monday allocates $21.8 billion for the Department of Justice, including a $227 million increase in anti-terrorism funding, a $214 million increase...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to follow up on a 2006 amendment to the 1994 Violence Against Women Act with measures that would allow DNA samples to be taken from the majority...
US District Judge Reggie B. Walton Monday authorized public release of audio recordings of the secret grand jury testimony of former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby after they are played at...
The German Federal Court of Justice ruled Monday that police in Germany are not permitted to secretly access computer and Internet data stored on suspects' computers without proper authorization....
Journalists increasingly face the potential of government prosecution and imprisonment when they choose to report on the activities of ruling governments in the Middle East, according to a new worldwide survey released...
