Masood Farivar is a Senior Analyst in VOA’s South and Central Asia Division.
Jay Sekulow, founder and chief counsel of American Center for Law and Justice, is representing Andrew Brunson and president
Leniency shows how US prosecutors and judges have been willing to differentiate between the most dangerous defendants and those who are merely hangers-on
Justice Department to target notorious Central American street gang – which has grown into menace also in US – to its home turf in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Debate about 'recusal' swirls in Washington, focusing on deputy attorney general's role in supervising special counsel's investigation; agents may wind up questioning Rod Rosenstein about his own actions
Special Counsel examining Russian interference in US politics has 13 lawyers on staff; many more FBI investigators and veteran prosecutors will be recruited
Attorney general, however, qualifies answers with to 'best of my knowledge,' leaving open the possibility that he may have casually met with Russian ambassador at Washington hotel
Democrats aiming for a broad line of questioning that will include Sessions' meetings with the Russian ambassador to Washington
Legal experts say case for indicting or impeaching the president on obstruction of justice charges is weak
President Donald Trump nominates former federal prosecutor to replace ousted FBI Director James Comey
But critics question Trump administration's commitment to countering hate crimes
Department of Justice is perusing several cases involving opposition to Muslim schools and mosques
Rob Rosenstein wrote memo harshly critical of James Comey that President Donald Trump and aides cited as justification for dismissing FBI director
260 anti-Muslim hate crimes in 2016, 38 in 2014
Three repeatedly failed to receive required minimum score on Test of English as a Foreign Language, so they paid thousands of dollars to a bright fellow Chinese student
Cases highlight difficulties of determining when officers should be criminally prosecuted
FBI's most recent data shows hate crime rose 7 percent to 5,850 incidents in 2015
The 52-year-old career prosecutor will effectively be in charge of the Russia hacking investigations
Southern US state originally wanted to execute eight inmates by end of April when its supply of lethal injection ingredient midazolam expires
Fakhruddin Attar and his wife, Farida Attar, charged with conspiracy to perform FGM on girls at Michigan clinic
Physician in Michigan is arrested and held on charges of female genital mutilation; two 7-year-old victims are known, many others may be involved
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