The jury in the Moussaoui sentencing trial has recommended that Zacarias Moussaoui be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Moussaoui pleaded guilty last year to six conspiracy charges in connection with the Sept. 11 terror attacks . The jury's recommendation is binding on Judge Leonie Brinkema; Moussaoui will be formally sentenced [...]

The US Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to require broadband and Internet phone companies to cover the costs of providing mandatory wiretap access to law enforcement authorities. The order will likely result in a wiretapping tax on service providers to cover the costs of the updates. The FCC commissioners said wiretap access was needed [...]

The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and Russia . In its annual report , CIRF reported that rights violations like the deadly confrontation in Andijan last year and [...]

AP is reporting that the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for seven days. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges last year. The jury has already determined that Moussaoui is eligible for the death penalty and Wednesday's verdict will decide whether he will be executed or will [...]

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday ruled that the state of emergency decree issued by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in February was constitutional, but struck down portions of the proclamation and its implementing order authorizing the military to "enforce laws not related to lawless violence." In an 11-3 decision , the high court [...]

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has blasted recent suggestions that a watchdog post be created to oversee conduct of federal judges. Ginsburg said the judiciary was "under assault" and called for lawyers to defend judges against such changes in an appearance Tuesday before the American Bar Association . Ginsburg also said that the [...]

Uniting Against Terrorism: Recommendations for a global counter-terrorism strategy, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, May 2, 2006 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

The Moscow City Court has denied the appeal of former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky , saying it could find no grounds to reconsider Khodorkovsky's eight-year prison sentence . Khodorkovsky's lawyers have said they will continue the appeals process , petitioning the Russian Supreme Court . A separate appeal of Khodorkovsky's conviction on fraud and tax [...]

Amnesty International Wednesday released a report it has submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the world and at facilities in the United States, saying that the US is "creating a climate in which torture and other ill-treatment can flourish — including [...]

Government officials in Yemen have said that three newspapers shut down after they republished caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad may resume operations. The three papers, including the English-language Yemen Observer were closed and their licenses suspended earlier this year over their decision to reprint the cartoons originally published in Denmark. Three journalists were arrested and [...]