Death sentence upheld in Libya case
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Libya's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of infecting more than 400 children with the AIDS virus.
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Officials in Sofia on Thursday lauded a Libyan vow to spare executions of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor convicted of causing an AIDS outbreak at a children's hospital, but reiterated Tripoli ...
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Libya's top judiciary body has put off until Tuesday a ruling on the fate of six foreign medics sentenced to death for infecting Libyan children with HIV.
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An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the terrorism conviction of a Tunisian citizen once held at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, the man's lawyer said. The man was not convicted of any alleged extremist activities in Afghanistan.
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A divided appeals court Wednesday overturned the conviction and death sentence of a man condemned for killing and beheading his common-law wife's three children.
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An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali" for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.
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A federal appeals court on Wednesday  refused to reconsider its ruling that allowed the U.S.  government to move forward with its death penalty case against  accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui.
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An appeals court upheld the murder convictions of two white men for killing a black woman during 1969 race riots, saying the defendants failed to show they were harmed by the 32-year delay in the case.
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A Chinese court upholds the sentencing of a Hong Kong journalist jailed in mainland China for spying.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s spokesman on Thursday denied news reports that a Libyan man jailed for blowing up a US-bound passenger jet over Scotland would finish his sentence in Libya.
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Libya's Supreme Court will hear an appeal next week by five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor sentenced to death on charges of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the HIV virus, Bulgaria said on Friday.
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An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali", for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.
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Libya&#39;s top legal body meets on Tuesday to decide whether to uphold or revoke death sentences on six foreign medics convicted of infecting children with the AIDS virus, with a compensation deal for victims likely to win them a reprieve.
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An Islamic court in northern Nigeria on Wednesday quashed a death-by-stoning sentence against a pregnant 18-year-old girl who had been condemned for adultery.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- An appeals court yesterday upheld the indictment and house arrest of General Augusto Pinochet on murder and kidnapping charges during his rule, rejecting an appeal to stop the case because of the former dictator's health.
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The UN war crimes court upholds the acquittal of two former Kosovo Albanian rebels on charges of murder and torture.
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A federal appeals court today rejected a bid by Zacarias Moussaoui that would have made him ineligible for the death penalty, clearing the way for the first U.S. trial on charges related to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.