Governor Bev Perdue has blocked the release of 20 inmate convicted of violent crimes; just one week before they are scheduled to be released early from North Carolina prisons. All of these prisoners were sentence to life for crimes such as murder and rape in the 1970s.

The U.S. Senate passed landmark legislation Thursday. The bill makes violence against gays and lesbians a federal crime.

The Second Circuit recently discussed the circumstances in which a court pursuant to Rule E(5) or (6) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (the "Supplemental Rules") may reduce the amount held by maritime attachment.

California law and specifically, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act prohibits retaliating against employees for exercising their rights under the Act and for complaining about violation of the Act.

Ohio Supreme Court today said that more than 1000 applicants have passed the Bar Exam as it released the Ohio Bar Exam results.

The seven anti-discrimination laws currently in place in Sweden will soon be combined into one all-encompassing law.

China is drafting a law to combat rampant exam cheating, said the country's education ministry on Wednesday.

Police have defended their decision not to tell the public about a series of alleged rapes against women in Sydney taxis.

China's State Council, or cabinet, on Wednesday approved in principle a draft law revision that means better education, better rehabilitation, a higher standard of living and more jobs for the country's disabled.

There are fears the New South Wales Government has abandoned its promise to businesses to overhaul the state's workplace health and safety laws.

Tweety may get a chance to take the witness stand and sing like a canary.

Donnie Register has a new reason to be thankful he's married — police say his wedding band deflected a bullet and probably saved his life.