Order on the Application at the ECCC of the Form of Liability known as Joint Criminal Enterprise, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, December 9, 2009 [allowing the use of the controversial legal concept of joint criminal enterprise to...

Sacribey v. Guccione, US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, December 9, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Ohio prison officials on Tuesday conducted the first execution using a new single-drug lethal injection protocol. Death row inmate Kenneth Biros was executed after the US Supreme Court rejected a last-minute stay application Tuesday morning....

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases related to "honest services" fraud. In Black v. United States , the Court...

The New Jersey Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-6 Monday in favor of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state. This is the first time that any body in the state legislature...

Amnesty International (AI) on Tuesday urged Philippine authorities to establish a timetable to end the martial law declared in its southern province of Maguindanao and to dismantle paramilitary groups throughout the nation. Philippines President Gloria...

The North Korean delegation to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) defended North Korea's human rights record Monday while presenting a report in compliance with the UNHRC's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Ambassador Ri...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Alvarez v. Smith that a challenge to an Illinois statute authorizing forfeiture of personal property used to facilitate drug...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers that the requirement that parties submit proof that they have...

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Beard v. Kindler that a state procedural rule is not automatically "inadequate" to bar federal habeas review under the...