Israel police raid Olmert offices in corruption investigation
Israeli police Monday raided the offices of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as part of an investigation into allegations that Olmert accepted bribes from an American businessman during his tenures as mayor of Jerusalem and as Israeli...
Hamdan lawyers seek to bar use of statements allegedly obtained by torture
Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan on Friday asked a military tribunal to bar the use of statements made by Hamdan that were allegedly obtained through the use of torture and requested...
Malaysia AG defends detention of ethnic Indians under security law
The detention of five prominent members of the Hindu Rights Action Force is proper because they are a threat to national security, Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail told the country's Federal Court Thursday. Gani...
Fourth Amendment not applicable to domestic military terror ops: 2001 DOJ memo
The US Justice Department advised the Bush administration in October 2001 that the protection against unreasonable searches and seizures enshrined in the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution did not apply to "domestic military operations" conducted in pursuit...
Cambodia genocide tribunal seeks additional $114 million to fulfill mandate
Officials from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) made a formal request to the United Nations Monday for $114 million in additional funds to allow the court to continue...
The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday ordered that former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio should be retried before a new federal judge. Nacchio had appealed his April...
Former Khmer Rouge commander dies while serving Cambodia life sentence
Former Khmer Rouge Commander Sam Bith died Friday at the age of 74 after suffering from a history of high blood pressure and diabetes. Bith was serving a life sentence after being convicted by a Cambodian court in 2002...
US District Judge Edward Nottingham Friday sentenced former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio to six years in prison and ordered him to pay the maximum $19 million fine and forfeit of $52...
Supreme Court rules in sentencing, securities, First Amendment cases
The US Supreme Court handed down decisions in three cases Thursday, including Rita v. United States , where the Court held that a prison sentence falling within the federal sentencing guidelines may be presumed...
FBI Assistant Director of Public Affairs John Miller said Wednesday during an interview with C-SPAN that an FBI report expected to be released next week will detail a nationwide increase in murders, robberies and other violent crimes...
