A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that the DOJ will limit prison restrictions on John Walker Lindh , a California man known as the "American Taliban." Lindh is...
The UK will publish the guidance it gives to intelligence officers for questioning suspects overseas, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament in a written statement Wednesday. Restating the UK's unequivocal condemnation of torture, Brown said that...
Israeli forces arrested 12 Hamas leaders during raids in the West Bank Thursday. Among those seized were former Palestine deputy prime minister Nasseredin al-Shaer and Hamas officials Adnan Asfur and Raafat Nassif. The...
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer prosecute owners of medical marijuana facilities that do not violate state law, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. Although the use of medical marijuana violates federal...
The US Judicial Conference has published a revised Code of Conduct for federal judges in the country. The revision, published Tuesday, updates the code from its last revision in 1992, and the conference said...
The Italian judge presiding over the kidnapping trail of 26 Americans and seven Italians on Wednesday postponed the trial until April 22. Judge Oscar Magi suspended the case in order to allow Italy's Constitutional...
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) on Wednesday signed a bill which repealed the use of the death penalty in the state. The bill replaces the use...
A judge for the Supreme Court of Singapore ruled Thursday that a Wall Journal Journal Asia (WSJ-Asia) editor was in contempt of court and personally liable for damages for publishing two editorials...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday charged accountant David Friehling with fraud for his alleged role in the securities fraud scheme committed by financier Bernard Madoff . In...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on US Attorney General Eric Holder to commission a special prosecutor to investigate tactics used by CIA interrogators against terrorism...