German prosecutors intend to reopen hundreds of investigations involving former Nazi death camp guards, according to Wednesday reports. This initiative results from the conviction of John Demjanjuk , a retired US autoworker who...
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of gun laws containing certain registration requirements and laws prohibiting the ownership of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. The...
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday sentenced a pair of Somali men to life in prison for their involvement in the hijacking of a yacht that...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases on Tuesday. In Maples v. Thomas , the court considered a death penalty appeal where Cory Maples missed his ability to...
Jury selection began on Tuesday for terror suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab , the Nigerian accused of attempting to bring down a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit with a bomb in his underwear on...
Several new US state election laws that become effective in 2012 may make it harder for some qualified voters to cast their ballots, according to a report released Monday by the Brennan Center for Justice . The...
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday called on authorities to end the hate speech and discrimination against the Roma migrants in Bulgaria. The UN human...
Retired Vice Admiral Bruce MacDonald on Monday notified both prosecution and defense lawyers in the trial of five detainees held at Guantanamo Bay that he will be accepting recommendations until early 2012 on whether...
A Bahrain civilian-military court on Tuesday sentenced 26 more protesters to prison terms ranging from 5-15 years, bringing the total number of protesters sentenced in the past 48 hours to 60. Those who were sentenced on...
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak initiated the repeal of Malaysia's strict security laws in Parliament on Monday. In an effort to protect civil liberties while maintaining a balance of public peace [AP...