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Federal courts and offices were closed in mourning for President Ford [this day at law]
January 2, 2013 by Kyle Webster
On January 2, 2007, most federal offices and courts closed after President George W. Bush declared a National Day of Mourning for former President Gerald Ford. Ford, who was president from 1974 till 1977, died on December 26, 2006, at the age of 93. National Days of Mourning are a tradition held.... [more]
DNA evidence confirmed buried body as Emmett Till [this day at law]
August 26, 2012 by Kimberly Bennett
On August 26, 2005, DNA evidence confirmed that the remains buried in a Chicago grave were in fact those of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was murdered in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly flirting with a white woman. The two men charged with Till's murder were acquitted by an.... [more]
Pakistan high court convicts PM of contempt
April 26, 2012 by Julia Zebley
The Supreme Court of Pakistan convicted Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani of contempt of court Wednesday for disobeying a court order to open corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The decision proscribed a symbolic punishment of "imprisonment till the rising of the Court.... [more]
Decision to suppress detainee abuse photos keeps public in dark about misconduct [comment]
November 22, 2009 by Andrew Wood
Alexander Abdo: Historically, the United States has championed the use of photographic evidence of human-rights abuses to advance the cause of justice. The reason is simple: Pictures have a unique ability to transform public debate. They convey in plain and unadulterated form what words canno....... [more]
Meeting with deposed Pakistan judges [comment]
November 13, 2007 by Bernard Hibbitts
Anonymous: This evening I had the pleasure and privilege of meeting with four very important judges of the Lahore High Court who refused to take oaths under the Provisional Constitutional Order promulgated by the Chief of the Army Staff on the evening of the 3rd of November. It is very unfair....... [more]
House votes to start unsolved crimes unit for cold civil rights cases
June 20, 2007 by Gabriel Haboubi
The US House of Representatives Wednesday overwhelmingly passed the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act by 422-2. The bill would establish an Unsolved Crimes Section within the civil rights divisions of the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, funded by an.... [more]
FBI releases Emmett Till autopsy report
March 31, 2007 by Natalie Hrubos
The FBI released a 464-page report Friday containing details from the autopsy of Emmett Till. Till was fourteen when he was abducted from his uncle's home in Money, Mississippi in August 1955 and murdered, reportedly for having whistled at a white woman. The publicity surrounding his brutal sla....... [more]
Mississippi grand jury fails to indict in 1955 Till murder case
February 27, 2007 by Brett Murphy
A grand jury in Mississippi Tuesday refused to indict Carolyn Bryant on charges of manslaughter for the 1955 kidnap and murder of Emmett Till due to a lack of sufficient evidence. Carolyn is the wife of Rob Bryant, who, along with his half brother J.W. Milam, was acquitted in 1955 by an all-white.... [more]
Stripping detainees of habeas rights: a day of dishonor for America [comment]
October 4, 2006 by Andrew Wood
David Cynamon: I represent the four remaining Kuwaiti detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, captured in Pakistan by bounty hunters and sold to the US government. Before being sold, these captives, who were charity workers, were not given any hearing or the benefit of any investigation. They si....... [more]
Nobel-winning rights activist warns US not to invade Iran
April 22, 2006 by Alexis Unkovic
Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian human rights lawyer and activist who won the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, said Friday that Iran would defend itself against any American attack, insisting at a Paris press conference that We will defend our country till the last drop of blood. Ebadi, a critic of th....... [more]
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