Maritime piracy at all-time high, Somalia waters driving explosion: report
International maritime piracy reached an all-time high in the first quarter of 2011, says a report released Thursday by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau (IMB) . The ICC's piracy...
Italy lower house approves bill effectively cutting Berlusconi bribery trial short
The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved legislation by a vote of 314-296 Wednesday to shorten the statute of limitations for criminal trials of defendants who do not have prior convictions. The...
Alleged Nazi guard requests suspension of trial to investigate declassified FBI report
The lawyer for alleged Nazi concentration camp guard John Demjanjuk requested Wednesday that Demjanjuk's trial for accomplice to murder be suspended in order to investigate an Associated Press report stating that a recently...
Germany prosecutor requests 6-year sentence for alleged Nazi guard
Germany prosecutors called Tuesday for a six-year sentence in the trial of John Demjanjuk , accused of having helped to murder 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor death camp during his time as a guard there....
Obama administration contests en banc review of health care law
The Obama administration on Thursday filed a brief in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit contesting a request by plaintiff states to have the health care reform law [HR 3590 materials; JURIST news...
A Zimbabwe magistrate court on Monday ordered six of the 45 activists arrested in Harare last month detained on charges of treason, releasing the remaining 39. The six activists not released today will remain detained and face trial [CNN...
Supreme Court rules dying victim's statement admissible at trial
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 in Michigan v. Bryant that preliminary inquiries of a wounded citizen concerning the perpetrator and circumstances of the shooting...
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday convicted former senior Serbian police official Vlastimir Djordjevic on five counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes, sentencing...
The trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Wednesday ordered the suspension of the trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for six...
Egypt-inspired protestors face violent crackdowns by Arab governments: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Tuesday that Arab governments are using violence to crack down on protests inspired by the unrest in Egypt. According to the report, public gatherings in Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria,...
