The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday ordered that former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling be resentenced for the convictions that stem from his involvement in the collapse of Enron. The three-judge panel upheld all 19 convictions of conspiracy and fraud, but found that the lower court erred in applying [...]

Five indicted Blackwater USA guards involved in the September 2007 killings of 17 Iraqi civilians on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal manslaughter and weapons charges. The guards appeared in the US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday after a federal judge in Utah ruled last month that the proceedings could not be [...]

A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by the National Security Agency (NSA) may proceed. Judge Vaughn Walker had previously dismissed the suit , finding that the al-Haramain [...]

Human rights group Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) on Tuesday reported that Chinese activist and blogger Chen Qitang was sentenced last month to two-and-a-half years in prison for impersonation and fraud. According to the group, Chen's wife Zhang Yueqing learned of his sentence when she called the Foshan Court in Guangdong Province in order to [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Monday announced that two Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials and JetBlue Airways have paid a $240,000 settlement to a man who claims he was discriminated against on a flight. Raed Jarrar alleged that he was illegally discriminated against based on his ethnicity and the Arabic writing on his [...]

An Indonesian court Monday sentenced former legislator Al Amien Nur Nasution to eight years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $23,000 in fines in connection with bribery and blackmail charges. The court found Al Amien, former member of the House of Representatives agricultural and forestry commission, guilty of receiving kickbacks from local [...]

Judges for the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday ruled that the City of Chicago's use of mounted cameras that take pictures of motorists running red lights or making illegal turns does not violate equal protection or due process. More than 200 so-called "red light cameras" have been installed in the [...]

In Re: National Security Agency Telecommunication Records Litigation, US District Court for the Northern District of California, January 5, 2009 . Read the full text of the opinion . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

US President-elect Barack Obama on Monday nominated four former Clinton-era attorneys to high-level posts within the US Department of Justice (DOJ) . Obama has designated Elena Kagan as his pick for Solicitor General, David Ogden to be Deputy Attorney General, Tom Perrelli as Associate Attorney General, and Dawn Johnsen as Assistant Attorney General for the [...]

The trial for imprisoned Zimbabwe human rights activist and head of Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) Jestina Mukoko was put on hold Monday until she recieves medical care. Mukoko was allegedly tortured and forced to ingest poisons while imprisoned in Chikurubi Maximum Security prison after a judge ordered that she remain in custody over the weekend. [...]