Guantanamo detainee court papers, transcripts; Associated Press, April 9, 2005 [filed by detainees' lawyers in US District Court in the District of Columbia in connection with detention reviews; the documents reveal extensive details concerning the cases and treatment of some...

United States v. Hansl, United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa Central Division, Judge Robert Pratt, April 8, 2005 ....

Joint Doctrine for Detainee Operations, US Department of Defense, March 23, 2005 [proposed guidelines concerning the detention of enemy combatants extends the status normally reserved for members of al-Qaeda and the Taliban to anyone affiliated with terrorists or terrorist groups...

SB 436, An act relating to the protection of persons and property, passed by the Floroda Senate and the Florida House April 5, 2005 [giving citizens to the right to use guns at home or in public places if they...

The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004, Amnesty International, April 5, 2005 [reporting that the number of executions, which does not include executions that many governments fail to officially report, is the second highest figure the organization has recorded in...

Johnson v. United States, Supreme Court of the United States, April 4, 2005 [ruling that where a prisoner challenges a federal sentence on the grounds that a state conviction used to enhance it was vacated, the one-year filing deadline for...

Rousey v. Jacoway, Supreme Court of the United States, April 4, 2005 can be exempted from a bankruptcy estate, allowing bankruptcy filers to retain their IRAs rather than forcing them to divide the assets...

SB 25, Massachusetts House of Representatives, passed March 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Gosselin, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, Supreme Court of Canada, March 31, 2005 [ruling that Quebec's provincial government must make Bill 101 comply with Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 23, which states children who started school...

Report, Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the US regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction, March 31, 2005 [reporting that US intelligence agencies know 'disturbingly little' about threats posed by the nation's most dangerous adversaries, and the commission recommended more than...