A panel of three judges on the London Court of Appeal Criminal Division reduced the sentence of convicted bomb plotter Dhiren Barot from a minimum of 40 years to life to 30 years to life Wednesday because...

Nine defendants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings trial indicated in court Wednesday that they have begun a hunger strike, joining four other defendants who initiated the hunger strike last Thursday. The thirteen defendants are among...

Fifty-six former Harvard Law School classmates of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have signed an open letter published Tuesday, rebuking Gonzales for his "failure to stand for the rule of law" and failure at...

Legislation proposed Wednesday by the European Commission will seek to decrease incentives for employers to hire illegal immigrants , threatening fines, closing of businesses, and possibly jail time for those that partake in human trafficking...

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Wednesday that the UN-supported Khmer Rouge genocide tribunal will meet for two weeks beginning May 31 to resolve remaining disputes between Cambodian and international judges concerning the...

Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos acknowledged Tuesday the existence of an illegal police wiretapping program that had targeted journalists, members of the opposition and government, but insisted that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe [official profile,...

Vladimir Vukcevic , war crimes prosecutor of Serbia, told reporters Tuesday that the search for former Bosnian Serb military chief and UN-indicted war crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic "has not stopped for even...

Prominent Iranian-American scholar Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is being held and investigated by the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and National Security for "security" crimes, a spokesperson for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday. The spokesman did not provide...

Former US Deputy Attorney General James Comey testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday that in March 2004, in response to Comey's reservations about reauthorizing the controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program , then-White House...

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Monday, formally requesting that the UN Security Council establish an ad hoc tribunal to investigate and try suspects in the February...