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News Number of serious foreign offenders released in UK deportation review blunder rises
Number of serious foreign offenders released in UK deportation review blunder rises
Tatyana Margolin
May 9, 2006 03:18:00 am

New UK Home Secretary John Reid admitted on Monday that the number of serious offenders among convicted foreign criminals released from custody in the UK by administrative error before deportation reviews may be double...

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News Moussaoui guilty plea withdrawal rejection order [US DC]
Moussaoui guilty plea withdrawal rejection order [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 11:15:00 pm

Order denying motion by Zacarias Moussaoui to withdraw guilty plea. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Leonime M. Brinkema, May 8, 2006. Read the full text of the order . reported in JURIST's Paper Chase...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge rejects Moussaoui bid to pull guilty plea as ‘too late’
BREAKING NEWS ~ Judge rejects Moussaoui bid to pull guilty plea as ‘too late’
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 06:00:00 pm

Federal judge Leonie Brinkema late Monday afternoon quickly rejected a surprise bid by September 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui , officially sentenced only last Thursday to life in prison, to withdraw his guilty plea ...

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News UN Torture Committee review of US practices [UN CAT]
UN Torture Committee review of US practices [UN CAT]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 05:27:00 pm

Review of the second periodic report of the United States, UN Committee Against Torture, May 5/8, 2006 [summary of proceedings, US testimony and questions/comments of committee members on how the US has implemented the provisions of the Convention against Torture...

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News Afghan parliament descends into chaos as lawmakers attack female legislator
Afghan parliament descends into chaos as lawmakers attack female legislator
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 05:18:00 pm

The floor of the Afghan parliament has witnessed its first outbreak of violence, with lawmakers physically and verbally assaulting a controversial female legislator who called several of the country's mujahedeen leaders criminals unfit for public office. Female colleagues of...

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News US continues defense of detainee interrogation practices at UN torture panel
US continues defense of detainee interrogation practices at UN torture panel
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2006 05:12:00 pm

All US personnel are prohibited from using torture when interrogating terror suspects and other detainees, US Department of State legal adviser John Bellinger told the UN Committee against Torture Monday during a second day of...

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News Moussaoui motion to withdraw guilty plea [US DC]
Moussaoui motion to withdraw guilty plea [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 04:09:00 pm

Motion filed together with Affidavit by Zacarias Moussaoui to Withdraw Guilty Plea, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, May 8, 2006. Excerpt:As stated in the attached notarized affidavit from Moussaoui dated May 6, 2005, Moussaoui wishes...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui seeks withdrawal of guilty plea
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui seeks withdrawal of guilty plea
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2006 03:54:00 pm

AP is reporting that Zacarias Moussaoui has said that he lied about his involvement in the September 11 terror attacks and has asked to withdraw his guilty plea . Moussaoui was sentenced...

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News Apple Computer/Beatles trademark dispute ruling [UK HC]
Apple Computer/Beatles trademark dispute ruling [UK HC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 8, 2006 03:50:00 pm

Apple Corps Limited v. Apple Computer Limited, May 8, 2006 [ruling that Apple Computer did not breach a 1991 trademark agreement with Apple Corps, the record label owned by the Beatles and their families, when the computer company began promoting...

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News Rwanda president considering clemency for ex-president jailed on incitement charges
Rwanda president considering clemency for ex-president jailed on incitement charges
Jeannie Shawl
May 8, 2006 03:20:00 pm

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said Monday that he is considering granting clemency to former President Pasteur Bizimungu , who is serving a 15-year prison sentence for inciting violence, embezzlement, and associating with criminals after...

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