The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday in Knowles v. Mirzayance that a lawyers recommendation that a criminal defendant withdraw an insanity plea does not constitute ineffective...
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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Yeager v. United States , in which the Court will consider whether a criminal defendant can face new...
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Friday that Bernard Madoff must remain in jail as he awaits sentencing. The ruling affirms last week's ruling by the US...
A US magistrate judge in South Carolina ruled Wednesday that suspected al Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri must remain in prison as the criminal case against him proceeds. Judge Robert Carr denied al-Marri's...
Pakistan Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani announced Monday that the government will reinstate deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry in response to recent protests by members of the Pakistan lawyers' movement [NYT backgrounder;...
A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas on Thursday indefinitely froze the assets of financier Allen Stanford at the instance of the US Securities and Exchange Commission...
US financier Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to all 11 charges of securities fraud . The plea was entered at a hearing before Judge Denny Chin of the US District...
The number of employment discrimination charges against private employers filed with the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) increased by 15 percent in 2008 to reach record highs, according to EEOC statistics...
Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday released jailed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general and opposition cabinet member-designate Roy Bennett , one day after the nation's Supreme Court denied a state appeal to...
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin on Tuesday cited the case of Canadian citizen and former US detainee Maher Arar in presenting a report [text,...
