The Nebraska Supreme Court Wednesday rejected a motion for rehearing filed by state Attorney General Jon Bruning asking the court to reconsider its February ruling that execution by electric chair is...
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The Court of Appeal in London Wednesday blocked two separate orders to extradite two terror suspects to Libya and another convicted terrorist to Jordan, citing concerns that they would face torture and be denied a fair trial on arrival....
Serbian officials Friday condemned the Thursday war crimes acquittal of former Kosovo Prime Minister and Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Ramush Haradinaj by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official...
Russian President Vladimir Putin Friday renewed assurances that Russia was ready to resume participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) , so long as Western nations ratify the 1999 version of the treaty. Speaking...
South Korean prosecutors Friday questioned Samsung Chairman and CEO Kun-Hee Lee about allegations of corruption, including accusations that Samsung maintained a $200 million slush fund to bribe prosecutors, judges and civil servants. Former Samsung lawyer...
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) in a letter Monday that the State Secrets Protection Act currently before Congress, introduced by committee leaders to enact...
An Egyptian prosecutor Wednesday appealed the six-month prison sentence handed down last week against a former editor of the weekly al-Dustour newspaper, insisting it was too lenient. Ibrahim Eissa was convicted...
Over 100 protesters rallied near a United Nations facility in Kathmandu on Friday, demonstrating against China's recent crackdown on pro-Tibet protests . Nepalese police arrested around 60 protesters, while about 20 others, reportedly Tibetan high school students, scaled...
Chad's Higher Judicial Council on Friday recommended that Chadian President Idriss Deby pardon six French aid workers convicted in Chad in December of attempting to kidnap 103 African children. Deby said...
Five former US secretaries of state Thursday called for the closure of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay at a conference held at the University of Georgia School of Law to discuss foreign...
