A US military judge ruled Tuesday that 1st Lt. Ehren Watada , a US Army officer who refused deployment to Iraq because he felt the war is 'unlawful,' cannot argue that point in...
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US Army officer barred from disputing legality of Iraq war at court-martial
Supreme Court hears arguments in death penalty jury instruction cases
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Iraqi tribunal to issue death sentence for Saddam VP
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Supreme Court allows deportation for aiding car theft
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German leader urges EU constitution ratification by 2009
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Gonzales disparages judicial competence in national security cases
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Spain reissues arrest warrant for US soldiers involved in Baghdad hotel attack
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Stimson apologizes to detainee lawyers for Guantanamo representation comments
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Bush says Saddam hanging resembled ‘revenge killing’
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Russia prosecutor confirms new Khodorkovsky charges pending
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Smith v. Texas , 05-11304, where the court must decide whether the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals was...
Former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan will be sentenced to death at a hearing before the Iraqi High Tribunal now scheduled for January 25, according to a court spokesperson speaking to the press...
The US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an alien convicted for aiding and abetting a theft offense can be deported under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) . In Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez [Duke...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the European Parliament at a session in Strasbourg Wednesday that EU member nations should ratify the European constitution before...
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used the occasion of a Wednesday speech to the conservative American Enterprise Institute on the perils of judicial activism to suggest that judges are not the appropriate agents to rule...
Spain's National Court has reissued a warrant for the arrest of three US soldiers who killed Spanish Telecinco cameraman Jose Couso in 2003 when their tank opened fire on a hotel in Baghdad....
US Defense Department Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Charles "Cully" Stimson apologized Wednesday for remarks he made last week criticizing lawyers at top US law firms for representing Guantanamo detainees pro bono. In a letter published...
President Bush Tuesday offered his strongest criticism yet of the Iraqi government's handling of the execution of Saddam Hussein , saying in a PBS Newshour interview with Jim Lehrer that it resembled...
Russian Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika confirmed Tuesday that his office is preparing new money laundering and embezzlement charges against former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky . Lawyers for Khodorkovsky first said they expected new...
