Five Kuwaiti citizens have been released from the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay , Kuwait Foreign Ministry officials confirmed Thursday. The five men are among 11 Kuwaitis who have been imprisoned at Guantanamo for nearly the last four years without trial. Upon return to Kuwait, the five detainees will likely be tried on charges [...]

A UK judge has directed court-martial panel members to issue a 'not guilty' verdict for all seven British soldiers charged with the murdering an Iraqi civilian in southern Iraq. The seven paratroopers were accused of killing an Iraqi civilian and abusing others three weeks after hostilities had officially ended. According to witnesses offered by the [...]

The number of adults in prison is on the rise in the United States, according to a report released by the US Justice Department Wednesday. Nearly 7 million adults were in US prisons, on probation or on parole at the end of 2004, 30 percent more than in 1995. Allan J. Beck, who oversaw the [...]

The Australian Senate on Thursday hurriedly passed an amendment to the country's current counter-terrorism legislation the day after Prime Minister John Howard warned of a credible terror attack. Responding to the threat, Howard proposed an amendment to allow prosecution without identifying a specific terrorist act , instead of having to wait until investigators have specific [...]

The Austin American-Statesman is reporting that Travis County District Attorney Ronnie Earle has requested that Administrative Judge B.B. Schraub be replaced in the Tom DeLay case. Schraub had been tasked with naming a replacement for Judge Bob Perkins after retired Texas Judge C.W. Duncan, appointed by Schraub to hear the Republican Congressman's recusal motion , [...]

The Nigerian Federal High Court has ruled that two Nigerians who were tortured and mutilated in Sierra Leone can challenge Nigeria's decision to grant asylum to former Liberian President Charles Taylor . Taylor was granted asylum in Nigeria in 2003 following his indictment by the Special Tribunal for Sierra Leone on charges of crimes against [...]

Denver voters have approved a measure that makes it the first large American city to legalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. The measure, which passed with 54 percent of the vote , allows adults 21 and over to possess up to an ounce of marijuana without penalty. A handful of other cities, including [...]

The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday not to exempt online political expression – blogs, emails, and other forms of Internet communication – from campaign finance laws . Lawmakers had warned that the Internet may have opened up a new loophole for election spending. The House voted 225-182 for House Resolution 1606 , which would [...]

James Fields et. al v. Palmdale School District, US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Judge Stephen Reinhart, November 2, 2005 . Excerpt: We… hold that there is no fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information regarding sexual matters to their children, either independent of their right to direct the [...]

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby pleaded not guilty Thursday morning in federal court to charges of obstructing justice, perjury and making false statements. The former chief of staff for Vice President Dick Cheney was indicted last week in the ongoing CIA leak investigation . Libby's defense lawyer has suggested that Libby will rely on a poor [...]