Federal judge overturns ex-senator Stevens conviction, orders prosecutors investigated
A judge from the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted a government motion to set aside the conviction of former senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) on corruption charges....
Two US Marines held in contempt in Fallujah killings civil trial
A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California found two US Marines in contempt of court Friday after the two declined to testify against their former squad leader in a trial over...
Hollinger Inc. , the Canadian holding company with an interest in former newspaper publisher Hollinger International , has agreed to pay the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) $21.3 million to settle claims ...
Ex-NYC police commissioner Kerik indicted on corruption charges
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment for former US Department of Homeland Security Secretary nominee Bernard Kerik , reportedly on corruption charges. Kerik's indictment will remain sealed until his arraignment Friday, but sources close...
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Towards Re-empowerment
JURIST Guest Columnists S. James Anaya of the Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, and Siegfried Wiessner of St. Thomas University School of Law say that the UN General Assembly's recent landslide adoption of the UN Declaration on the...
Federal investigators probing military contract fraud and corruption allegations
Federal investigators are probing allegations of fraud and corruption related to $6 billion in military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a Pentagon official testifying before the House Armed Services Committee Thursday. At the hearing [recorded...
Kentucky judge orders public hearings on lethal injection methods
A Kentucky judge on Wednesday ordered the state to hold public hearings on its lethal injection protocol, which the state changed two years ago after two death row inmates challenged it as a form of cruel and...
Two former UK officials facing April trial for Aljazeera 'bombing' memo leak
An April trial date has been set for former Cabinet Office spokesman David Keogh and former parliamentary researcher Leo O'Connor, accused of violating Section 3 of Britain's Official Secrets Act by leaking a secret memo in which President...
A senior Spanish judicial officer said Tuesday that 29 suspects accused of the 2004 Madrid train bombings are scheduled to go on trial in February 2007, with the proceeding ending by July and a final decision...
Federal panel sends consolidated NSA surveillance suits to San Francisco judge
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has ordered that seventeen cases challenging the legality of the NSA's domestic surveillance program be transferred to the chief judge of the US Northern District of...
