Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev signed legislation Wednesday amending Kyrgyzstan's criminal codes and abolishing the death penalty . According to the law, death penalty sentences will be replaced with life sentences. The legislation also mandates that...

The US Senate Wednesday voted down two proposed amendments to the comprehensive immigration reform bill formally revived Tuesday. Both proposals were part of Amendment 1934 , sponsored by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA). A proposal...

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Wednesday ruled 5-4 against reinstating a conspiracy charge against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay and two of his former...

The State of Texas v. John Dominick Colyandro, James Wlater Ellis, and Thomas Dale Delay, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, June 27, 2007 ....

The US Senate Judiciary Committee issued formal subpoenas to the White House, the Vice President's Office, the Department of Justice, and the National Security Council Wednesday, seeking documents related to the warrantless domestic...

The Louisiana State Legislature Tuesday approved a ban on dilation and extraction (D&X) abortions , establishing fines between $10,000 and $100,000 and a jail term from one to ten years for any physician who performs...

Prison and Jail Inmates at Midyear 2006, US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics, June 27, 2007 . Read the...

The Council of Europe (COE) Wednesday called on member states to act with greater transparency and exercise greater oversight of military and foreign intelligence services, giving support to a...

The US Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics announced Wednesday that the US prison and jail population, already the largest in the world, increased by 2.8 percent to reach over 2.2 million prisoners in 2006 [press...

Adelphia Communications founder John Rigas and his son Timothy were ordered Wednesday to begin serving their prison sentences on August 13th; the two men have been free on bail since their 2004 convictions as they appealed their...