On Tuesday after a two year trial, a Jerusalem District Court cleared for Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of two corruption charges and convicted him for breach of trust. He is set to appear in court in September for his sentencing.
On Tuesday, the International Criminal Court (ICC) handed down its first sentence ever since its creation in 2002. ICC sentenced Congo war lord, Thomas Lubanga to 14 years in prison for his role in recruiting children under the age of 15 for his Union of Congolese Patriots militia.
On Monday, Texas governor Rick Perry in a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Health and Human Services declared that he will not implement two key aspects of the Affordable Healthcare Act that was recently upheld by the Supreme Court as constitutional.