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News Iran judiciary chief says abuse by Iranian police as bad as "what the Americans do"
Iran judiciary chief says abuse by Iranian police as bad as "what the Americans do"
Alexandria Samuel
May 5, 2005 11:36:00 am

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi , head of the Iran Judiciary took the unusual step Thursday of criticizing the treatment of criminal detainees by Iranian police, and compared their interrogation techniques to those employed by US soldiers...

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News Appeals court says GA school board must remove evolution disclaimer stickers now
Appeals court says GA school board must remove evolution disclaimer stickers now
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 11:10:00 am

A federal appeals court has denied a request by the Georgia Cobb County School Board to keep disclaimer stickers calling evolution a "theory, not a fact" on the inside of district textbooks while appealing their case [JURIST...

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News Lawmaker calls for hearings into "faked" Gitmo interrogations
Lawmaker calls for hearings into "faked" Gitmo interrogations
Alexandria Samuel
May 5, 2005 10:56:00 am

US Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) Wednesday called on House Judiciary Committee chairman James Sensenbrenner Jr. to hold hearings to probe recent allegations that the military staged interrogations at Guantanamo Bay to deceive visiting lawmakers. Schiff’s...

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News Florida bill allows judges to cut off alimony
Florida bill allows judges to cut off alimony
Alexandria Samuel
May 5, 2005 10:23:00 am

In a 68-44 vote, the Florida House of Representatives has passed a measure that would allow judges to reduce or eliminate alimony when a recipient ex-spouse moves in with someone else. Under current Florida law, and in...

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News Canadian same-sex marriage bill passes second vote
Canadian same-sex marriage bill passes second vote
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 10:19:00 am

The Canadian House of Commons Wednesday voted to give second reading to Bill C-38 , a measure to implement the Civil Marriage Act and extend marriage rights to same-sex couples....

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News FBI to exhume body of civil rights figure Emmett Till
FBI to exhume body of civil rights figure Emmett Till
Alexandria Samuel
May 5, 2005 09:53:00 am

FBI officials announced Wednesday that the body of Emmett Till will be exhumed in upcoming weeks to determine the cause of his death and uncover evidence that could lead authorities to accomplices in his 1955 murder [PBS...

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News Audits say $100M in Iraqi funds missing due to US mismanagement or fraud
Audits say $100M in Iraqi funds missing due to US mismanagement or fraud
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 09:35:00 am

US audits released Wednesday show that at least $100 million dollars from the Development Fund for Iraq are unaccounted for due to mismanagement or possible fraud. The US Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction filed...

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News UN rights official calls detention of former Haiti PM illegal
UN rights official calls detention of former Haiti PM illegal
Alexandria Samuel
May 5, 2005 09:13:00 am

Thierry Fagart, human rights head of the UN stabilization mission in Haiti , has called the 10-month detention of former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune without an appearance before a judge illegal under the Haitian constitution...

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News Former Russian energy minister arrested in Switzerland on US fraud charges
Former Russian energy minister arrested in Switzerland on US fraud charges
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 09:03:00 am

Yevgeny Adamov, former minister in charge of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (FAAE) , was arrested Wednesday in Bern, Switzerland under a US warrant on charges of fraud and money laundering. He has been accused of diverting $9...

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News Marine cleared in shooting of unarmed Iraqi
Marine cleared in shooting of unarmed Iraqi
Jamie Sterling
May 5, 2005 08:36:00 am

The US Marine Corps has dropped charges against the Marine corporal responsible for shooting a wounded and unarmed Iraqi in a Fallujah mosque last November in an incident caught on a dramatic videotape aired on...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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