Violent crime - consisting of violent murders, robberies and aggravated assaults - increased in 2005 for the first time since 2001, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released by the Federal Bureau...

The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in two cases Monday, including Hill v. McDonough , where the Court held that a death row inmate can challenge the constitutionality...

The Hamas party , which controls the Palestinian Legislative Council , launched a challenge to a referendum proposed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas , calling an emergency debate Monday on whether a referendum is...

Military officials said Sunday that the three Guantanamo Bay detainees who committed suicide Saturday by hanging themselves with bedsheets and clothing - identified as Saudis Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi and Yasser...

An American defense lawyer in the Saddam Hussein trial accused the Iraqi High Tribunal on Monday of not giving the defense team enough time to present their case on behalf of Hussein and his...

Alabama Death Penalty Assessment Report, American Bar Association, June 11, 2006 . Read the full text of the...

The suicides of three detainees , two Saudis and a Yemeni, at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday prompted Saudi Interior Ministry officials to renew calls on Sunday for all Saudi prisoners to be released from the...

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) said on Sunday that he plans to demand hearings and issue subpoenas for telephone company executives to discuss the program of disclosing public calling records to the...

The American Bar Association death penalty assessment team recommended a moratorium on the death penalty in Alabama in a report released Sunday that cited major flaws in the state's administration...

US Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich , commander of the platoon implicated in the deaths of two dozen Iraqi civilians in Haditha , told his attorney that his unit followed the rules of engagement and did not...