Observers say President Bush could issue a pardon for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis Scooter Libby following last weeks revelation that Karl Rove , Bush's top political advisor, will not face criminal charges in...
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The family of a man convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings said they will not pursue clemency on his behalf, allowing the Indonesian government to carry out his death sentence, according to a spokesman for the...
JURIST Guest Columnist Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that repeated protestations from President Bush, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other US administration officials that "we do not torture" miss the point that the US...
2002 Bali bombers decline to seek presidential pardon of death sentences
Three militant fighters convicted for the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings that killed over 200 have refused to seek presidential pardons, saying that they are prepared to be executed, a prosecutor said Thursday. The bombing in Bali earlier...
Indonesian court to speed up executions of Bali nightclub bombers
An official from Bali's Denpasar district court said Monday that politicians and legal officials will be sent to the prison which houses three men convicted in the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings in an attempt to speed up...
President Bush granted pardons to 14 people Wednesday, according to a list released by the US Justice Department . Among those pardoned was a mineworker union member who was convicted...
Complete text of the draft Iraqi constitution, as translated from the Arabic by the Associated Press :PREAMBLECHAPTER ONE: BASIC PRINCIPLESCHAPTER TWO: RIGHTS AND FREEDOMSPART ONE: RIGHTSPART TWO: FREEDOMSCHAPTER THREE: THE FEDERAL AUTHORITIESPART ONE: THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITYPART TWO:...
The Mexican attorney general's office (PGR) Wednesday dropped a land dispute case brought against Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador . Lopez Obrador , the popular front-runner in the country's 2006...
Prosecutors have finally charged Mexico City's popular mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador with abuse of authority, a move that could threaten Obrador's run for president. A week after President Vicente Fox considered - then...
The hopes of Mexico City Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for a presidential run in the 2006 national election remained uncertain Friday after a strange turn of events Thursday that saw current Mexican president Vicente Fox...
