The Taiwan High Court on Friday overturned the conviction of former president Chen Shui-bian on charges of embezzling state funds but sentenced him to additional jail time on charges of money-laundering and forgery. The court had previously sentenced Chen to 20 years in prison on embezzlement charges, but the Supreme Court ordered a retrial in [...]

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Wednesday ruled against five states in their latest efforts to stop Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes. Officials fear that the 100-pound fish, which reproduce rapidly, could wipe out native species and destroy the $7 billion Great Lakes fishing industry. Although all parties agree [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law says that members of the Gaddafi regime must be brought to justice in accordance with international law and should not be allowed to go into exile like other dictators in the region…

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday gave former Serbian general and alleged war criminal Ratko Mladic six days to respond to a motion to split his trial . The ICTY hopes to hold one trial for his conduct during the Srebrenica massacre , where approximately 8,000 people were killed, and [...]

The Supreme Court of El Salvador on Wednesday blocked the arrests and extradition of nine former soldiers accused of committing the 1989 “Jesuit Massacre,” defying Interpol red notices for the suspects. The court said that Spain had not presented a formal extradition request in its attempts to prosecute the individuals through universal jurisdiction , stating [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) , joined by several rights groups, appeared before a federal judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama on Wednesday seeking a temporary injunction of the state’s new immigration law . The law requires school officials to verify the immigration status of children and parents, [...]

Corruption in the Nigerian government has become endemic , Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Thursday, criticizing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) particularly and the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan generally. Although the agency has arraigned 45 different government officials, HRW believes their trials are moving too slowly and is concerned about the small [...]

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that eyewitness-based evidence should be treated more cautiously by New Jersey courts, issuing new guidelines for judges. The court instructed that judges in future cases should hold pretrial hearings to determine all possible variables to the eyewitness testimony as well as administering jury instructions, sometimes mid-way through [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday announced that the agency had reached a $500 million settlement with Google for permitting Canadian pharmaceutical companies to advertise to and target US consumers. The advertising led to unlawful importation of controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs into the US, which constitutes violations of the Federal Food, Drug [...]

Russian investigators on Wednesday arrested a former police officer in connection with the 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya . Authorities arrested Dmitry Pavlyuchenkov , who is suspected of arranging Politkovskaya’s murder and hiring three Chechen men who have also been implicated in the case. Pavlyuchenkov purportedly organized a criminal unit to carry out the [...]