Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, et al. v. City of San Francisco, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, June 3, 2009 [holding that a San Francisco City resolution urging the Vatican to withdraw a...

A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called on the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to do more to protect human rights workers in the country, and to prosecute those...

Ohio corrections officials executed convicted murderer Daniel Wilson on Wednesday morning, marking the state's first use of a new lethal injection method termed "set-to-die." The procedure was announced in May, and requires officials to shake and call out to...

Canadian federal correctional investigator Howard Sapers said Tuesday that the country's prison system is at full capacity and is unable to handle many new prisoners without expanding. Sapers was testifying before the...

A Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee has been pronounced dead by military officials who believe that he committed suicide, according to Wednesday reports. Muhammad Ahmad Abdallah Salih, also known as al Hanashi, was accused of...

A court in Madagascar on Wednesday convicted former president Marc Ravalomanana of misusing state funds by purchasing a $60 million presidential jet. Justice Minister in the High Authority of the Transition (HAT) transitional...

Convicted US district court judge Samuel Kent on Tuesday submitted his letter of resignation to President Barack Obama effective June 2010, after pleading guilty to obstruction of justice charges in...

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday upheld a ban on handguns in two Illinois municipalities. The panel of judges affirmed the district court ruling that the incorporation of...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has rejected Georgia's system of voter citizenship verification by way of a Social Security and driver's license database. In a letter released Monday, Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King...

Canadian Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan on Tuesday announced the introduction of legislation to the House of Commons that would allow victims of terrorism to sue perpetrators in Canadian courts. The...