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News Maryland high court rules lethal injection procedures subject to public review
Maryland high court rules lethal injection procedures subject to public review
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 08:15:00 pm

The Maryland Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that the state's lethal injection procedures are subject to the state's Administrative Procedures Act (APA) and therefore must be developed under the guidance of the Maryland attorney general,...

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News Japan PM promises bill to allow referendum on amending constitution
Japan PM promises bill to allow referendum on amending constitution
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 04:24:00 pm

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe outlined plans Tuesday to reform the country's pacifist constitution during his time in office. A national referendum would be required before the constitution could be amended and Abe promised...

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News Libby defense to call Cheney as witness in CIA leak trial
Libby defense to call Cheney as witness in CIA leak trial
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 03:51:00 pm

A defense lawyer for former vice-presidential aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby said Tuesday that Libby will call Vice President Dick Cheney to testify in Libby's upcoming trial on perjury and obstruction of...

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News Portland archdiocese files new bankruptcy plan reflecting $75M sex abuse settlement
Portland archdiocese files new bankruptcy plan reflecting $75M sex abuse settlement
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
December 19, 2006 02:26:00 pm

The US Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portland has filed a new bankruptcy plan with the US Bankruptcy Court anticipating a payment of $75 million to settle outstanding sex abuse claims...

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News Peru president urges Congress to allow death penalty in terrorism cases
Peru president urges Congress to allow death penalty in terrorism cases
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 02:16:00 pm

Peruvian President Alan Garcia has called on lawmakers to authorize the death penalty for terrorism offenses . In a speech to the Peruvian Congress Monday, Garcia urged lawmakers to "give the necessary...

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News UN investigator reports progress in Hariri assassination probe
UN investigator reports progress in Hariri assassination probe
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 01:31:00 pm

Serge Brammertz , the deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court who is heading the UN's independent investigation into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri told the UN Security Council...

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News Saddam prosecutors show video of gas attacks as genocide trial continues
Saddam prosecutors show video of gas attacks as genocide trial continues
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 12:46:00 pm

Prosecutors at the Iraqi High Tribunal showed video footage of the aftermath of the so-called "Anfal" campaigns as Saddam Hussein's genocide trial continued in Baghdad Tuesday. The footage included...

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News Sweden court hands down first modern-day war crimes conviction
Sweden court hands down first modern-day war crimes conviction
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 12:02:00 pm

Jackie Arklov, a Swedish citizen who volunteered with a Croatian militia during the Bosnian war, was convicted of war crimes Monday in what the Stockholm District Court called the first occasion in modern times that a...

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News FCC ex-lobbyist commissioner will not vote on telecom merger
FCC ex-lobbyist commissioner will not vote on telecom merger
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 10:45:00 am

Robert M. McDowell, one of five commissioners that make up the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) , has said that he will not vote on the proposed $82.2 billion AT&T-BellSouth merger despite being cleared [JURIST...

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News US Marine captain to face charges in Haditha Iraqi civilian killings case
US Marine captain to face charges in Haditha Iraqi civilian killings case
Jeannie Shawl
December 19, 2006 10:43:00 am

A lawyer for a US Marine captain implicated in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November said Monday that his client has been informed that he will face criminal charges. Capt. Lucas McConnell has...

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Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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