New UK Home Secretary John Reid admitted on Monday that the number of serious offenders among convicted foreign criminals released from custody in the UK by administrative error before deportation reviews may be double...
Order denying motion by Zacarias Moussaoui to withdraw guilty plea. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonime M. Brinkema, May 8, 2006. Read the full text of the order . reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...
Federal judge Leonie Brinkema late Monday afternoon quickly rejected a surprise bid by September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui , officially sentenced only last Thursday to life in prison, to withdraw his guilty plea ...
Review of the second periodic report of the United States, UN Committee Against Torture, May 5/8, 2006 [summary of proceedings, US testimony and questions/comments of committee members on how the US has implemented the provisions of the Convention against Torture...
The floor of the Afghan parliament has witnessed its first outbreak of violence, with lawmakers physically and verbally assaulting a controversial female legislator who called several of the country's mujahedeen leaders criminals unfit for public office. Female colleagues of...
All US personnel are prohibited from using torture when interrogating terror suspects and other detainees, US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger told the UN Committee against Torture Monday during a second day of...
Motion filed together with Affidavit by Zacarias Moussaoui to Withdraw Guilty Plea, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, May 8, 2006. Excerpt:As stated in the attached notarized affidavit from Moussaoui dated May 6, 2005, Moussaoui wishes...
AP is reporting that Zacarias Moussaoui has said that he lied about his involvement in the September 11 terror attacks and has asked to withdraw his guilty plea . Moussaoui was sentenced...
Apple Corps Limited v. Apple Computer Limited, May 8, 2006 [ruling that Apple Computer did not breach a 1991 trademark agreement with Apple Corps, the record label owned by the Beatles and their families, when the computer company began promoting...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that he is considering granting clemency to former President Pasteur Bizimungu , who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals after...