Unlocking America: Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population, JFA Institute, November 2007 [report concluding that the US prison population is currently eight times as high as it was in 1970, but zealous prosecution and tough sentencing guidelines have...

The US prison population is currently eight times as high as it was in 1970, but zealous prosecution and tough sentencing guidelines have done little to curb crime, according to a report released Monday by the JFA...

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) Tuesday joined calls to suspend Pakistan from the Commonwealth in light of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's imposition of emergency rule , suspension of the constitution and effective dismissal...

Judges dismissed from the Supreme Court of Pakistan and held under virtual house arrest in the wake of President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule are now "free to move" and leave their...

Three Pakistan Supreme Court judges removed from their positions after President Pervez Musharraf issued his declaration of emergency rule early this month have ruled against his eligibility to run for re-election as president while still Army chief of staff,...

Pennsylvania's lethal injection protocol creates an "unnecessary risk of pain and suffering" in violation of the Eighth Amendment, a lawyer for three death row convicts challenging the procedure said Tuesday. On November 9, lawyer David Rudovsky...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in two cases and postponed jurisdiction in a third case. In District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) , the Supreme...

A UK judge Tuesday sentenced Manfo Kwaku Asiedu to 33 years' imprisonment for his role in the July 21, 2005 failed bomb attacks on London's transit systems . Earlier this month, Asiedu pleaded guilty [JURIST...

The Japanese government on Tuesday began fingerprinting and photographing foreign visitors, pursuant to an anti-terror bill that was approved by Japan's upper house of parliament in May. If the government determines that a visitor poses...

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office said Monday that Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak is being investigated for allegedly attempting to embezzle $43.3 million in state funds. Storchak has been detained to prevent him from...