World Prison Population List, King's College International Centre for Prison Studies, June 27, 2005. Excerpt:Over 9 million people are held in penal institutions throughout the world, mostly as pre-trial detainees (remand prisoners) or having been convicted and sentenced. Almost half...

Witness to Abuse Human Rights Abuses under the Material Witness Law since September 11, joint report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union , June 26, 2005 [report claiming that the Bush administration has violated the...

Marine Forests Society, et al. v. California Coastal Commission, et al., Supreme Court of California, June, 23, 2005 ....

The People v. Sorden, Supreme Court of California, June 23, 2005 . Excerpt:We now hold that the willfulness element of the offense may be negated by...

Exxon Mobil Corp v. Allapattah Services and Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc., Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a rule requiring a federal court claim in a diversity action to be worth $75,000 is...

Halbert v. Michigan, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 . Excerpt from...

Kelo v. New London, Supreme Court of the United States, June 23, 2005 [ruling 5-4 that a local government authority can expropriate private property — land, homes and businesses — for private redevelopment that would confer economic benefits on the...

Democracy at Risk: The 2004 Election in Ohio, Democratic National Conmittee, June 22, 2005 . Read the full text of...

Strengthening Transparency, Governance, Accountability; Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, June 22, 2005 . Excerpt:This report is a vital...

H.J. Res. 10, Proposing an amendment to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the US, approved by the US House of Representatives on June 22, 2005 ....