A judge on the Court of Criminal Appeals for England and Wales held Thursday that a court can require a judge-only criminal trial for four men suspected of tampering with juries convened to consider robbery charges...
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US President Barack Obama proposed a broad series of financial regulatory reforms Wednesday intended to reestablish stability and confidence in the US financial system. The plan calls for the expansion of Federal Reserve...
The US State Department (DOS) on Tuesday added Chad, Eritrea, Malaysia, Niger, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe to its list of countries with the worst human trafficking records in the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 . The...
The US House Judiciary Committee voted 29-0 Wednesday to approve four articles of impeachment against US district court judge Samuel Kent based on his conviction for obstruction of justice...
US Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday vacated an order by former attorney general Michael Mukasey that had denied those facing deportation the right to challenge immigration decisions...
New Hampshire Governor John Lynch on Wednesday signed into law legislation allowing same-sex marriages to be performed in the state, provided that religious clergy and organizations and their employees will not be required to...
FBI Director Robert Mueller told the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees to the US could pose a threat to national security, even...
UN rights investigator Richard Goldman said Wednesday that his fact-finding mission into possible human rights violations during the recent Gaza Strip conflict will continue despite objections by Israel. Goldman said that he...
Alabama's Jefferson County Circuit Court on Monday began hearing a $2.6 billion derivative lawsuit brought by HealthSouth shareholders against company founder and former CEO Richard Scrushy for his alleged role...
US District Judge Samuel Kent was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison for obstruction of justice for lying to a judicial panel investigating sexual harassment allegations against him....
