WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's ...
Review of life without parole for juveniles should spur a new discussion In 2005 a 5-4 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court declared ...
2 teens charged as adults in shooting death of girl after football game at Calif. high school Two 16-year-old boys have been charged as adults in the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot after a homecoming football game in Long ...
The war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president and ex-rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba will start on April 27, the International Criminal Court said Thursday. "The International Criminal Court set the date for the commencement of the trial ... as ...
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday he would ask the court's judges in December to order a probe into Kenya's post-poll violence which claimed some 1,500 lives. At the start of a two-day visit, Moreno-Ocampo held talks with President ...
Switzerland's top criminal court said Tuesday that film-maker Roman Polanski, being held here on three decades-old child sex charges, has appealed against a decision to turn down his bail request. "We received the confirmation today. It is an appeal against the Swiss ...
Pa. court throws out thousands of juvenile convictions linked to judicial corruption case The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed thousands of juvenile convictions issued by a judge charged in a corruption scandal, saying that none of the young offenders got a ...
Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir will stay away from a conference in Nigeria where African Union leaders will discuss a report on the war-torn western province of Darfur, officials said on Monday. Beshir is wanted by the International Criminal Court for trial on ...
Rights groups called for the Nigerian government Sunday to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and is due in Nigeria. In an open letter to Umaru Yar'Adua, Nigeria's president, four national non-governmental ...
Authorities charge 15-year-old with first-degree murder in death of 9-year-old Mo. girl Juvenile authorities said Saturday that a 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the death of a 9-year-old central Missouri girl found in the woods two days after she ...
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film-maker Roman Polanski over a 1970s child sex case for which he could face up to two years in jail, Swiss authorities said Friday. "The US embassy in Bern submitted the formal extradition ...
Switzerland's top criminal court refused Tuesday to release Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski from jail on bail, saying there was a "high" risk that he could flee the country. Polanski had asked the court to free him while Switzerland decides whether to extradite ...
