Evans v. State of Maryland, Maryland Court of Appeals, December 19, 2006 [ruling that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney...

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney general,...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined plans Tuesday to reform the country's pacifist constitution during his time in office. A national referendum would be required before the constitution could be amended and Abe promised...

A defense lawyer for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby said Tuesday that Libby will call Vice President Dick Cheney to testify in Libby's upcoming trial on perjury and obstruction of...

The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has filed a new bankruptcy plan with the US Bankruptcy Court anticipating a payment of $75 million to settle outstanding sex abuse claims...

Peruvian President Alan Garcia has called on lawmakers to authorize the death penalty for terrorism offenses . In a speech to the Peruvian Congress Monday, Garcia urged lawmakers to "give the necessary...

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri told the UN Security Council...

Prosecutors at the Iraqi High Tribunal showed video footage of the aftermath of the so-called "Anfal" campaigns as Saddam Hussein's genocide trial continued in Baghdad Tuesday. The footage included...

Jackie Arklov, a Swedish citizen who volunteered with a Croatian militia during the Bosnian war, was convicted of war crimes Monday in what the Stockholm District Court called the first occasion in modern times that a...

Robert M. McDowell, one of five commissioners that make up the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , has said that he will not vote on the proposed $82.2 billion AT&T-BellSouth merger despite being cleared [JURIST...