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News EU judge upholds antitrust sanctions against Microsoft
EU judge upholds antitrust sanctions against Microsoft
Chris Buell
December 22, 2004 09:04:00 am

The European Court of First Instance ruled Wednesday that antitrust penalties against Microsoft should be upheld as the computer giant appeals the European Commission's ruling from March. According to the ruling by Judge Bo Vesterdorf, Microsoft did not demonstrate...

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News Judge refuses guilty plea in AOL spam case
Judge refuses guilty plea in AOL spam case
Brandon Smith
December 21, 2004 02:27:00 pm

Judge Alvin Hellerstein of Manhattan federal court refused Tuesday to accept an ex-AOL employee's plea of guilty to charges of conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property, saying that he wasn't sure the man had actually committed a crime...

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News Putin: Yukos sale OK under Russian law
Putin: Yukos sale OK under Russian law
Brandon Smith
December 21, 2004 01:59:00 pm

Updating a continuing story on JURIST's Paper Chase, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Baikal Finance Group, the little-known company that bought the production arm of oil giant Yukos at auction from the Russian authorities over the weekend,...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ French journalists held hostage in Iraq over headscarf ban released
BREAKING NEWS ~ French journalists held hostage in Iraq over headscarf ban released
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 11:51:00 am

The French Foreign Ministry has announced that two French journalists held hostage in Iraq since August and whose release was initially made contingent upon the French government not allowing its ban on religious headscarves and regalia in public schools...

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News Peterson attorney solicits Web donations to continue murder probe
Peterson attorney solicits Web donations to continue murder probe
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 11:34:00 am

Los Angeles defense lawyer Mark Geragos, attorney for Scott Peterson, has launched a website to solicit donations for continuing the investigation into their deaths, insisting that "Scott Peterson has been unjustly convicted" of the murders of his wife Laci...

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News $100,000 reward posted for info on 1964 "Freedom Summer" slayings
$100,000 reward posted for info on 1964 "Freedom Summer" slayings
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 11:24:00 am

An anonymous donor has posted a $100,000 reward for information leading to charges in the unsolved "Freedom Summer" slayings of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi in June, 1964 (read this background news report on the 40th anniversary opf...

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News Indian court grants bail to local EBay chief charged in sex video case
Indian court grants bail to local EBay chief charged in sex video case
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 10:56:00 am

An Indian court Tuesday granted bail to the co-founder of Baazee.com, an Indian auction service owned by EBay, pending his trial on indecency charges brought after an auctioner attempted to use the site to sell a home sex tape...

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News Saddam tribunal pledges fair trials
Saddam tribunal pledges fair trials
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 10:44:00 am

The Iraqi Special Tribunal charged with trying Saddam Hussein and other members of his regime with crimes against humanity responded to recent criticisms about the transparaeny of its process Tuesday by issuing a statement proclaiming its commitment to fairness:...

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News Federal appeals court reinstates terror financing indictments against seven
Federal appeals court reinstates terror financing indictments against seven
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 10:14:00 am

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday overturned a lower federal court ruling and reinstated indictments against seven people from Los Angeles accused of providing "material support" to a group defined as a "terrorist organization" by the State...

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News FOIA FBI records on prisoner abuses in Iraq, Guantanamo [ACLU]
FOIA FBI records on prisoner abuses in Iraq, Guantanamo [ACLU]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 21, 2004 10:01:00 am

Log of (and links to) FBI records obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request for documents concerning the treatment and interrogation of detainees in United States custody, released December 20, 2004. Review...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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