For the first time a court has ordered the government to protect its citizens from climate change... READ MORE›
The Dutch court's ruling should encourage courts around the world to tackle climate change now... READ MORE›
In a statement outlining its recommendations, the Ethics Council said the law against incest put couples in a tragic situation ... READ MORE›
Lawyers had appealed to free Sandra from the Buenos Aires zoo by arguing that although not human, she should be given legal rights... READ MORE›
The pair escaped through the prison sewer system after using power tools to break out of their cell on 6 June... READ MORE›
An US man kept in solitary confinement for 43 years has been released after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal... READ MORE›
Lord Janner must appear at court in person for a hearing over child sex abuse charges, Westminster Magistrates' Court has ruled... READ MORE›
The legislation, passed unanimously by the National Assembly, mandates life imprisonment even if the victim's relatives forgive the murderer... READ MORE›
Over the years, prosecutors and judges in Los Angeles have said that Mr. Polanski must return to the United States to face sentencing... READ MORE›
In a paper last year he said that failing to effectively screen prisoners mental health inevitably led to tragedy... READ MORE›
Ian Griffin, 45, from Cheshire, was arrested in June 2009, after Kinga Legg was found dead in their 1,000-a-night room at the five-star Hotel Le Bristol... READ MORE›
The prosecutor told Judge Masipa she had misinterpreted the law when she acquitted Pistorius of murder, and sentenced him to five years in prison... READ MORE›
French criminal law already punishes mistreatment or cruelty to animals with a maximum two-year prison term and 30,000-euro fine... READ MORE›
Mr. Trump started down this road months ago, attacking a federal judge in California who is hearing a lawsuit against the now-defunct Trump University... READ MORE›
The man has been charged with murder, a sentence that carries a maximum 25-year prison sentence... READ MORE›
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole denied the motion for a new trial Friday... READ MORE›
Threatening phone calls have flooded into the Santa Clara County Superior Court since then, said Gary Goodman, a supervising attorney for the county public defender's office... READ MORE›
BEIJING -- China ranks last in the world for openness among countries studied in a new report on Internet freedom by a prominent American pro-democracy group... READ MORE›
Trial of financier accused of two murders hears he lured women to his Hong Kong flat before using knives to kill them... READ MORE›
Facebook must hand over new york users info to prosecutors court rules... READ MORE›
Kicked 'like a football' The four will face charges of misconduct in public office at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 14 January... READ MORE›
30am GMT to hear Judge Thokozile Masipa rule whether prosecutors can take their challenge to Oscar Pistorius's conviction and sentence to the supreme court of appeal... READ MORE›
The 34-year-old Bristol businessman is accused of ordering the murder of his wife, 28-year-old Anni, who was shot in Cape Town in 2010... READ MORE›
Under current Queensland legislation, accused murderers can use unwanted sexual advances as a partial defence... READ MORE›
Beresh was referring to Section 230 of the Criminal Code, which was struck down in 1990 by the Supreme Court of Canada... READ MORE›
She also pleaded guilty to the attempted to murder of her six-year-old daughter on the same day, April 8, 2015... READ MORE›
But in announcing a conviction in October, Iranian authorities did not provide any details of the verdict... READ MORE›
Judge Traverso told the court It is crucial for the state to prove that Mr Dewani entered into an agreement with Zola Tongo the taxi driver... READ MORE›
Nancy Brewer, a retired assistant public defender with Santa Clara County, said that Persky is widely regarded as a competent, thoughtful and intelligent judge... READ MORE›
Insulting the judiciary is a crime in Egypt, and many people have been convicted of the charge in recent years... READ MORE›
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