Croatia convicts former soldiers of war crimes for prison killings
A Croatian district court in Split has convicted eight former soldiers on charges of torturing and killing Serb prisoners and Yugoslav army officers at the Lora military prison during the Serbo-Croat war in 1991. Of the...
The first federal Vioxx trial, in which Evelyn Irvin Plunkett is suing pharmaceutical giant Merck for the death of husband Richard Dicky Irvin of a heart attack in May 2001, began Tuesday with an opening statement from...
Patriot Act renewal deal would institute judicial review of powers
Legislators on a US House and Senate conference committee for the USA Patriot Act and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005 are closing on a deal that would limit certain law enforcement powers under the Act in...
US military lawyer for Australian terror suspect calls for abuse probe
The US military lawyer representing Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks on Wednesday requested an independent investigation into Hicks' allegations of abuse at the hands of prison officials. Hicks,...
The leading Islamic party in Tajikistan has criticized the country's recent ban on Islamic headscarves in secular schools . The Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP) said the ban was unconstitutional and against the interests of...
Jose Padila v. C.T. Hanft, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, September 9, 2005 [reversing a lower court, denying Padilla's habeas appeal and holding that the "dirty bomb" suspect, who is also a US citizen, can be...
Former Clinton advisor fined for smuggling classified documents
Sandy Berger , who served as President Clinton's National Security Adviser from 1997 to 2001, was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine and surrender his security clearance for three years on Thursday after pleading guilty to taking and...
Jeff Cooper, Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis:"According to John Ashcroft, "he objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved,". Well, I feel better.Actually, I do feel better knowing that Ashcroft will shortly be...
US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, September 12, 2004. Read the report here . Excerpt:In 2003 U.S. residents age 12 or older experienced an estimated 24.2 million violent and property victimizations, according to the National Crime Victimization Survey...
