Michael Anthony Taylor v. Larry Crawford, Director, Missouri Department of Corrections; James D. Purkett, Superintendent, Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Correctional Center, US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, June 4, 2007 [holding that Missouri's lethal injection procedures do not...

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York on Monday vacated a determination by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that Fox Television broadcasts violated the FCC's indecency and...

Fox Television Stations, Inc., et al. v. Federal Communication Commission, United States of America, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, June 4, 2007 [vacating a FCC order against Fox Television and holding that the FCC's "fleeting expletives" standard...

The US Supreme Court Monday granted certiorari in a case where the Court must decide whether an age discrimination lawsuit against FedEx was filed properly. In FedEx v. Holowecki...

Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006, Federal Bureau of Investigation, June 4, 2007 . Read the full text of the report. Reported...

Violent crime in the US increased 1.3 percent last year, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006 , released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Monday. Property crime decreased 2.9 percent,...

The military judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr Monday dismissed all charges against Khadr, citing a lack of jurisdiction. A Guantanamo...

The Supreme Court of Pakistan Monday returned a government complaint against lawyers who allegedly made "humiliating" statements against the military and judiciary at a seminar that was attended by suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry [official website;...

A Bangladeshi court Sunday ordered the continued detention of Abdul Jalil, the secretary general of the Bangladesh political party Awami League , on charges of corruption and misuse of power despite Jalil's lawyers' request that he be released...

The treason trial of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye and ten other opposition members resumed Monday, after a year-long delay following the voluntary withdrawal of two judges. Besigye, who has been charged ...