The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Tuesday ordered a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal , a former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted and sentenced to...
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 7-1 in United States v. Tohono O'odham Indian Nation that the tribe cannot bring a suit based on the same...
A UN panel of experts said in a report released Monday that the Sri Lankan government and rebel forces may have committed war crimes during the final stages of the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
Sponsors of Proposition 8 , California's same-sex marriage ban, on Monday filed a motion to vacate in US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit , arguing that the judge who struck down the marriage...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday delineated the priorities and missions for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) for the remainder of his present term. Holder said that the DOJ's priorities...
Egyptian public prosecutor Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud on Sunday ordered ousted president Hosni Mubarak transferred from a private hospital in Sharm el-Sheikh to a prison hospital in Cairo. Mahmoud ordered the transfer after...
A judge for the US District Court of the Western District of Virginia has ruled that the Virginia Department of Corrections (VDOC) did not violate the rights of a Muslim inmate by not...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Erica P John Fund v. Halliburton . The court will determine whether investor losses need...
The Sudan National Elections Commission (NEC) announced on Sunday that an administrative referendum is set for July 1 for residents to determine whether Darfur should continue to be separated into...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied Virginia's request for the court to rule on the constitutionality of the health care reform law on an...
