US military judge denies request to delay trial of accused 9/11 conspirators
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann Thursday denied a request by military-appointed defense lawyers to postpone the arraignment of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks . The lawyers...
Federal appeals court rejects Georgia death sentence challenge
The US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a Georgia death row inmate's challenge to the state's method of execution Tuesday, ruling that he had missed the statute of limitations to file. Samuel David Crowe ...
US Solicitor General Paul Clement announced Wednesday that he is resigning from his post, effective June 2. Perhaps best-known for his Supreme Court advocacy of Bush Administration positions on rights and procedures...
Zimbabwe parties launch legal challenges to parliamentary vote results
The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) both filed legal challenges to the parliamentary results of Zimbabwe's March 29 general election Wednesday. ZANU-PF filed...
US Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher Wednesday announced her resignation effective May 23. Fisher served as the head of the DOJ's Criminal Division, which concentrated primarily on fraud and corruption cases under her tenure. AP has...
Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness
Navy Captain Prescott Prince , the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed , has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcoming military commission trial....
Rove accused of involvement in scheme to fire US Attorney: federal prosecutor
Former White House advisor Karl Rove was allegedly involved in a 2004 scheme to have Chicago-based US Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald fired, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. According to the prosecutor, a witness at the...
UK court rejects appeal by convicted London bombing plotters
The UK Court of Appeal Wednesday rejected an appeal by four men convicted for plotting the failed bomb attacks on London's subway and bus systems on July 21, 2005, two weeks after a similar attack...
US prisons currently house the world's largest inmate population, according to a Wednesday New York Times report citing data provided by the International Center for Prison Studies . The US currently holds 2.3 million inmates, far more...
Fourth Amendment rights curtailed by Bush administration...but to what extent?
Daniel M. Smith : "I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power...
