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The prisoners had broken into the prison’s armory and seized a number of weapons, including rifles, handguns and more than 200 bullets, Justice Minister Lou Ying-shay told reporters Thursday. Warden…
By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) – Several U.S. senators from far-reaching ends of the political spectrum, including some with presidential aspirations, will reintroduce on Thursday a bill to…
WASHINGTON — Koch Industries, Inc., the corporation led by conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch, is holding discussions with a coalition of strange bedfellows to tackle criminal justice reform. In…
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, who was ousted from his first chief justice post in 2003 after refusing to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial…
Alabama appeared set within hours to become the 37th state where gays can legally wed, prompting one couple to pitch a tent outside a courthouse even as the state’s chief…
African-Americans have been monumental — and often controversial — forces in the political realm since Reconstruction. Americans are hip to Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks and Shirley…
Attorney General Eric Holder last month announced reforms to asset forfeitures, the controversial government practice of seizing property associated with alleged illicit activity. But the new Justice Department budget released…
Another novel from John Green is getting the movie treatment, and it finally has a release date. In a new video on his Vlogbrothers YouTube channel, Green finally announced that…
Standard & Poor’s, a rating agency accused of inflating its assessment of mortgage investments that spurred the 2008 financial crisis, said on Tuesday that it had agreed to pay $1.37…
The 153-page ruling from the International Court of Justice means that modern-day Serbia will not have to pay restitution to Croatia, which in 1991 split from what was then Yugoslavia….
The Justice Department, which accused S.&P. of inflating the ratings of mortgage investments that spurred the 2008 financial meltdown, sent so many prosecutors to the negotiation that they formed an…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox say the U.S. Justice Department has closed a lengthy investigation into a phone-hacking scandal in Britain without filing any charges. – Murdoch…
For the first time in their 800-year history, the four surviving “original” versions of the Magna Carta have been brought together at the British Library in Londonin an operation planned…
The new guidelines replace ones in place since 2003, which prohibit profiling based on race and ethnicity, but also include broad exemptions for national security investigations. The Justice Department will…
Books of The Times By WILLIAM GRIMES In the early 1990s Bill Browder invested $2,000 in a handful of Polish companies being privatized after the collapse of Communism. Eastern Europe…
If hanging your kid’s art up on your fridge just doesn’t do it justice, take a page out of this dad’s book. – For more of Faulkner’s photographs, head over…
Protesters spent time in Denver Tuesday asking questions and demanding “justice” a day after police shot and killed a teenage girl who they say drove at them while she was…
Paul, who’s angling towards a 2016 presidential bid, has been active in putting his name on legislative efforts that try to reform the criminal justice system. – Paul said he’s…
An Arizona appeals court has vacated a conviction against a transgender woman who was profiled for sex work, creating new hope that she might receive justice. Monica Jones, a transgender…
Misconceptions about domestic violence can turn the justice system against survivors, often with devastating results. Read the whole story at The Atlantic
Every week, The WorldPost asks an expert to shed light on a topic driving headlines around the world. Today, we speak with Dr. Sarah Nouwen on what Palestinian membership means…
The FBI joined local officials in interviewing more than 200 peopleand looked at much the same evidenceas a St. Louis County grand jury that decided in November not to indict…
But on Wednesday, officials told CNN that federal investigators didn’t find enough evidence and that Justice Department prosecutors won’t recommend civil rights charges against Wilson. Attorney General Eric Holder, who…
Before that stop was over, the officers had seized $100,000, which the men said was money to play poker. The troopers also called ahead to California authorities, who raided the…
Jamaica’s Cabinet has approved a much-anticipated bill of drug law amendments that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana industry…
For the second time in 11 months, opponents of Supreme Court rulings lifting limits on money in political campaigns briefly disrupted proceedings in the courtroom and embarrassed the court by…
President Barack Obama enjoyed a warm embrace with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Tuesday, as the commander in chief made his way into the House of Representatives to…
Jesse Eisenberg’s hair is not something you probably think about too often, but comic book fans have been curious about his locks ever since the actor was cast to play…
Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez were ordered to appear at a preliminary hearing, the date of which has not yet been set, said District Attorney Kari Brandenburg of New Mexico’s…
Senators say Petraeus investigation ‘grievously mishandled’ Her comments come after news that the Justice Department is recommending charges against Petraeus, first reported by The New York Times. – “I don’t…