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The children of convicted murderer Dennis McGuire filed a lawsuit on Friday in the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio over the method used in McGuire's 26-minute long execution, which they say amounted to...

A Chinese court on Friday upheld a life sentence for former Communist party leader Bo Xilai . Bo was sentenced to life in prison in September for corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power. The High People's...

China's former Communist Party leader Bo Xilai was sentenced to life in prison on Sunday for corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power. Bo was convicted for using his position in the Communist Party of China (CPC) to...

On July 14, 2011, Rupert Murdoch’s media empire came under intense pressure as key members of Congress called for an investigation into the allegations that one of the media mogul’s US-based companies may have violated American bribery and corruption laws. It is not clear yet whether Congress will ultimately respond to the claims that News [...]

The trial chamber of the Belgrade Higher Court's War Crimes Department convicted two men Monday whom prosecutors claim were involved in the deaths of about 700 Muslim civilians in 1992. The court sentenced former Zvormik mayor Branko Grujic [Bloomberg...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kushtrim Istrefi, Legal Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister of Kosovo, says that it would be misguided to construe the ICJ's recent advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence as the opening of the...

The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a case involving a Massachusetts law prohibiting people from protesting directly outside of abortion clinics. Lawyers for the...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday vacated and remanded the 22-year prison sentence for so-called "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam , finding that the district court's failure to follow proper...

A federal judge on Wednesday re-issued a 22-year prison sentence for so-called "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam . Judge John Coughenour of the US District Court for the Western District of Washington first sentenced Ressam to 22...

A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday found Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , guilty of charges that he was...