According to a new rule approved by the Michigan Supreme Court , jurors cannot be selected on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex. The rule, approved by a 4-3 vote and released Friday, will...

Lower courts in Uzbekistan Saturday sentenced 25 more men found guilty of involvement in the May 2005 Andijan uprising. Thirteen defendants were sentenced by the Tashkent provincial court and 12 by the Tashkent city court; all received...

A Yemeni appellate court Saturday upheld the capital sentence of a Shia cleric accused of spying for the Iranian government and for supporting an armed rebellion in northern Yemen last year. The case will now go...

Iran's conservative Guardian Council Saturday approved the constitutionality of a bill designed to prevent inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) if Iran is reported to the UN Security Council...

The European Union has released a statement criticizing the death penalty after North Carolina executed Kenneth Lee Boyd , marking the 1,000th execution in the US since the US Supreme Court lifted a 10 year...

Entertainment Software Association et al. v. Rod Blagojevich, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Judge Matthew F. Kennelly, December 2, 2005 [holding that an Illinois law restricting the sale and rental of violent or sexually explicit...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to deliver a stern message to leaders in Europe when she heads there Monday, telling them in effect to "back off" from their criticism of US treatment of terror...

In court papers filed Friday, US Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald said certain details of his investigation into the CIA leak case , including grand jury testimony and documents identifying witnesses, must remain secret, implying that...

Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle Friday vetoed legislation that would have capped the amount of money victims in medical malpractice lawsuits could be awarded for pain and suffering at $450,000 for adults and $550,000 for minors. Doyle said...

The 100-nation governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Friday authorized an independent board to award funds to victims of war crimes through administration of the international Victims Trust Fund . Member...