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News Guantanamo detainee says he helped bomb USS Cole, Kenya US embassy
Guantanamo detainee says he helped bomb USS Cole, Kenya US embassy
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2007 02:53:00 pm

The US Department of Defense reported Monday that Guantanamo detainee Walid Muhammad Salih bin Attash admitted to collaborating on the 1998 bombing of the US embassy in Kenya and the 2000 bombing of the USS...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in student free speech, RICO right-of-way cases
Supreme Court hears arguments in student free speech, RICO right-of-way cases
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2007 02:12:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in Morse v. Frederick , 06-278 , where the court must decide whether a student's First Amendment rights...

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News Insider trading trial of former Qwest CEO starts in federal court
Insider trading trial of former Qwest CEO starts in federal court
Alexis Unkovic
March 19, 2007 12:51:00 pm

The US District Court for the District of Colorado began jury selection Monday in the trial of former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio . Nacchio was indicted on 42 counts of insider...

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News Militant convicted of Pearl killing to rely on KSM Guantanamo confession on appeal
Militant convicted of Pearl killing to rely on KSM Guantanamo confession on appeal
Alexis Unkovic
March 19, 2007 12:13:00 pm

British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh , who was sentenced to death in July 2002 for kidnapping and murdering Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl , will use a Guantanamo Bay...

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News ICC prosecutor says Bush, Blair could face war crimes investigation
ICC prosecutor says Bush, Blair could face war crimes investigation
Alexis Unkovic
March 19, 2007 11:20:00 am

US President George Bush and UK Prime Minister Tony Blair may one day face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague, according to ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis...

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News NGOs urge Cambodia bar association to drop fees for genocide trial participation
NGOs urge Cambodia bar association to drop fees for genocide trial participation
Katerina Ossenova
March 19, 2007 10:15:00 am

A coalition of NGOs appealed to the Bar Association of the Kingdom of Cambodia (BAKC) Monday, urging it to reconsider its requirement that participating international lawyers in the Khmer Rouge genocide trials join and pay a...

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News Seven Pakistan judges resign over chief justice suspension
Seven Pakistan judges resign over chief justice suspension
Katerina Ossenova
March 19, 2007 09:37:00 am

The constitutional crisis in Pakistan over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry deepened Monday with the resignation of seven of the country's judges, including a top judge in...

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News Hicks sedated before being told of new charges: military lawyer
Hicks sedated before being told of new charges: military lawyer
Holly Manges Jones
March 19, 2007 07:59:00 am

The US military lawyer for Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks said Monday that his client was sedated for 24 hours last month before being told about new charges against him. Maj. Michael Mori ...

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News Rights group urges better legal framework for US military actions in Afghanistan
Rights group urges better legal framework for US military actions in Afghanistan
Holly Manges Jones
March 19, 2007 07:09:00 am

The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) urged the US and Afghanistan governments Sunday to establish a better legal framework to guide US military actions in the fight against the Taliban, criticizing US forces for civilian deaths...

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News FBI ignored lawyers’ warnings on phone records collection: WashPost
FBI ignored lawyers’ warnings on phone records collection: WashPost
Leslie Schulman
March 18, 2007 04:28:00 pm

The FBI largely ignored growing concerns from its own lawyers and managers about the lawfulness of retrieving thousands of telephone records of US citizens between 2004 to 2006, the Washington Post reported Sunday. The allegations follow a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Pennsylvania police killed 19 miners during strike

The Luzerne County Sheriff and deputies opened fire on a group of 400 striking miners in the town of Lattimer, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1897. Around 19 strikers were killed, and 39 were injured as a result. Luzerne County Sheriff James Martin and his deputies were later acquitted by a Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania jury after claiming that the strikers advanced upon the police. Learn more about the Lattimer Massacre from the Zinn Education Project and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book.

Sewing machine patented

On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines. Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.

Last French execution by guillotine

On September 10, 1977, Hamida Djandoubi, a Tunisian immigrant convicted of murder, became the last person executed by guillotine in France. The French death penalty was formally abolished by President Francois Mitterand in 1981. Learn more about the history of the guillotine.

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