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News Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott
Saddam defense lawyer meets with client, floats ending trial boycott
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 04:20:00 pm

Khalil Dulaimi , chief defense lawyer for ousted Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein , told Reuters Sunday he met with his client for seven hours and discussed a possible end to the defense boycott of the...

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News Head of California prison system resigning after reform effort stymied
Head of California prison system resigning after reform effort stymied
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 03:34:00 pm

California Youth and Adult Corrections Secretary Roderick Hickman said over the weekend that he is resigning his post after a two year attempt to reform California's prison system. Appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger , Hickman was...

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News US holding Afghanistan detainees in cages without charge: report
US holding Afghanistan detainees in cages without charge: report
Katerina Ossenova
February 26, 2006 02:34:00 pm

Inmates at the main US base in Afghanistan are being held in "primitive conditions, indefinitely and without charges" according to a Sunday New York Times report . Over 500 terror suspects are held at Bagram Air...

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News Russia chides ICTY for refusing Milosevic medical release
Russia chides ICTY for refusing Milosevic medical release
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 11:35:00 am

Russian diplomats Saturday criticized the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for its Friday refusal to grant former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic provisional release so that he might travel to Russia...

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News Pakistan president urges UN to criminalize blasphemy after cartoons furor
Pakistan president urges UN to criminalize blasphemy after cartoons furor
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 11:29:00 am

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday he will lobby the United Nations and the Organization of the Islamic Conference to make blasphemy an internationally-recognized criminal offense in the wake of controversy...

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News Federal judge orders US to explain lack of ports takeover investigation
Federal judge orders US to explain lack of ports takeover investigation
Elizabeth Schultz
February 26, 2006 10:20:00 am

US Federal District Court Judge Jose Linares, presiding over a lawsuit by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to block United Arab Emirates -owned Dubai Ports World from taking over the...

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News Former Afghan intelligence chief sentenced to death
Former Afghan intelligence chief sentenced to death
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 04:19:00 pm

An Afghan court Saturday found Asadullah Sarwari , head of the country's intelligence department in the communist era, guilty of ordering hundreds of murders and sentenced him to death. Sarwari, who defended himself in the one-day trial, is...

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News Ethiopia elections protesters treason trial begins
Ethiopia elections protesters treason trial begins
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 03:59:00 pm

The trial of 129 lawmakers, journalists and human rights activists on treason charges opened Friday in Ethiopia. The charges relate to mass demonstrations in the wake of Ethiopia’s May 2005 elections; the 129 defendants were arrested after...

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News DOJ rejects Google privacy argument in search data case
DOJ rejects Google privacy argument in search data case
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 03:24:00 pm

The US Department of Justice insisted in a court filing Friday that the information the search engine data government is seeking from Google as part of its effort to revive the Child Online Protection Act would...

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News Utah high court ousts polygamist judge
Utah high court ousts polygamist judge
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 02:56:00 pm

The Utah Supreme Court Friday ruled to remove a polygamist judge from the bench, explaining that Hildale Justice Court Judge Walter Steed clearly broke the law by being married to three women at once. Steed worked as...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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