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News Gonzales defends rendition policy after meeting with EU justice commissioner
Gonzales defends rendition policy after meeting with EU justice commissioner
Angela A. Onikepe
May 4, 2006 03:27:00 am

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday acknowledged the United States' use of rendition flights but said that rendition was never used to transport a suspect to another country for the purpose of...

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International religious freedom report [USCIRF]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2006 08:16:00 pm

Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, May 3, 2006 . Read...

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News Philippines emergency decree rulinng [Philippines SC]
Philippines emergency decree rulinng [Philippines SC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2006 06:43:00 pm

David et al. v. Arroyo, Supreme Court of the Philippines, May 3, 2006 [ruling that Proclamation 1017, the state of emergency decree issued by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in February in the face of an alleged coup plot, was constitutional,...

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News Moussaoui life sentence verdict form [US DC]
Moussaoui life sentence verdict form [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2006 06:37:00 pm

Moussaoui jury sentencing verdict form, US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, May 3, 2006 [recommending that Zacarias Moussaoui be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release for conspiracy in connection with the Sept. 11...

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News Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [Amnesty International]
Report to the UN Torture Committee on US practices [Amnesty International]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
May 3, 2006 05:07:00 pm

Supplementary Briefing to the UN Committee Against Torture, Amnesty Intrenational, May 3, 2006 [report detailing widespread torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners at US detention sites around the world and at facilities in the United States, saying that the US...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui sentenced to life in prison
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 04:36:00 pm

The jury in the Moussaoui sentencing trial has recommended that Zacarias Moussaoui be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release. Moussaoui pleaded guilty last year to six conspiracy charges...

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News FCC requires broadband, Internet phone companies to pay wiretap access costs
FCC requires broadband, Internet phone companies to pay wiretap access costs
Chris Buell
May 3, 2006 04:26:00 pm

The US Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday voted to require broadband and Internet phone companies to cover the costs of providing mandatory wiretap access to law enforcement authorities....

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News US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
US religious freedom commission concerned about former Soviet republics
Chris Buell
May 3, 2006 03:51:00 pm

The US government Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF) on Wednesday called for increased action to combat decreasing religious freedom in former Soviet republics Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and for more monitoring of Belarus and...

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News BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui jury reaches verdict
BREAKING NEWS ~ Moussaoui jury reaches verdict
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 03:49:00 pm

AP is reporting that the jury in the Zacarias Moussaoui sentencing trial has reached a verdict after deliberating for seven days. Moussaoui pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges last year. The...

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News Philippines high court upholds state of emergency proclamation
Philippines high court upholds state of emergency proclamation
Jeannie Shawl
May 3, 2006 03:41:00 pm

The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Wednesday ruled that the state of emergency decree issued by Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in February was constitutional, but struck down portions of the proclamation...

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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

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