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News Death penalty moratorium and study bill [NJ Legislature]
Death penalty moratorium and study bill [NJ Legislature]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
January 9, 2006 10:50:00 pm

An Act creating a study commission on the death penalty 1and imposing a moratorium on executions, passed by the New Jersey Legislature January 9, 2006 [legislation to suspend executions and create a New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission to examine...

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News New Jersey legislature suspends executions, sets up death penalty study
New Jersey legislature suspends executions, sets up death penalty study
Katerina Ossenova
January 9, 2006 08:16:00 pm

The New Jersey Legislature passed a bill Monday to suspend executions and create a New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission to examine all aspects of the death penalty , including its...

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News Alito pledges fairness, deference to law in opening statement
Alito pledges fairness, deference to law in opening statement
Katerina Ossenova
January 9, 2006 06:46:00 pm

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito used his 11-minute opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee late Monday afternoon to describe his family background, his education, and...

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News NATO presses for capture of Serb war crimes fugitives by end 2006
NATO presses for capture of Serb war crimes fugitives by end 2006
Katerina Ossenova
January 9, 2006 06:37:00 pm

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Monday called on Serbia and Bosnia to step up their efforts to find wanted war criminals Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic , both indicted for genocide and other war...

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News Swiss court denies Russian request for Yukos documents
Swiss court denies Russian request for Yukos documents
Katerina Ossenova
January 9, 2006 05:53:00 pm

The Swiss Supreme Court Monday denied a Russian request for the transfer of bank documents to Russia relevant to an ongoing investigation into crippled Russian oil giant Yukos . The Swiss court...

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News Judge refuses to dismiss Albany terror case despite alleged FBI entrapment
Judge refuses to dismiss Albany terror case despite alleged FBI entrapment
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 04:43:00 pm

Two Muslim men accused of supporting terror will stand trial after a federal judge in New York state ruled Monday that there was enough evidence to pursue the case despite defendants' arguments that they had been entrapped by FBI...

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News Pinochet granted bail on remaining rights charges
Pinochet granted bail on remaining rights charges
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 04:18:00 pm

Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was granted bail on Monday after seven weeks of house arrest on the three remaining charges against him relating to the disappearance and presumed death of dissidents during his...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in police search appeal
Supreme Court hears arguments in police search appeal
Krystal MacIntyre
January 9, 2006 03:44:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in Hudson v. Michigan where it will decide whether police officers were justified in entering a plaintiff's home without knocking when they arrived with...

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News Leaked document suggests Swiss knew of secret CIA prisons
Leaked document suggests Swiss knew of secret CIA prisons
Christopher G. Anderson
January 9, 2006 03:44:00 pm

Swiss intelligence agents have been aware of secret CIA prisons in eastern Europe for nearly two months, according to documents leaked to the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick . According to SonntagsBlick, Swiss military intelligence [official website...

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News Jury selection begins in ‘Iraqi agent’ trial
Jury selection begins in ‘Iraqi agent’ trial
Krystal MacIntyre
January 9, 2006 03:04:00 pm

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of Shaaban Hafiz Ahmad Ali Shaaban, an Indiana truck driver accused of offering to sell names of US covert operatives to Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government. Charges against Shaaban laid last...

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Memphis Massacre of 1866 breaks out

The Memphis Massacre of 1866 broke out on May 1 of that year after Black Union veterans and police were involved in an altercation surrounding the arrest of a Black soldier. The ensuing skirmish spiralled out of control due to the racial tensions that followed the end of the US Civil War, lasting for two days and claiming the lives of 46 Black people and six whites.  The riot later cemented support for what would become the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Consitution, ensuring equal protection under the law. Learn more about the Memphis Massacre.  

Acts of Union creates Great Britain

On May 1, 1707, the two Acts of Union went into effect, implementing the Treaty of Union and thereby uniting the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The Union with Scotland Act was passed by the Parliament of England in 1706, and the Scottish Parliament promulgated the Union with England Act. Learn more about the Acts of Union from the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

First US trade union formed

On May 1, 1794, the Federal Society of Journeymen Cordwainers (shoemakers) was organized in Philadelphia to negotiate wages for its members, becoming the first trade union in the United States. Learn more about the history of the labor movement in the United States, and visit the website of the AFL-CIO, the federation of America's labor unions, representing more than 13 million workers.

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