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News US soldiers indicted in death of Spanish journalist in Iraq
US soldiers indicted in death of Spanish journalist in Iraq
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 27, 2007 03:15:00 pm

Three US soldiers were indicted Friday for the 2003 death of a Spanish reporter who was killed when their tank fired a shell at a Baghdad hotel. A Spanish judge charged Sgt. Shawn Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt....

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News Berlusconi acquitted of bribery charges
Berlusconi acquitted of bribery charges
Lisl Brunner
April 27, 2007 02:53:00 pm

An appeals court in Milan upheld a lower court decision Friday clearing former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of charges that he bribed judges to prevent the sale of food company SME to rivals...

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News Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
Senators spar over habeas rights of Guantanamo detainees
Holly Manges Jones
April 27, 2007 10:53:00 am

US Democratic and Republic senators sparred over the habeas corpus rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees at a US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday. In a rare appearance as...

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News Japan high court denies compensation claims by WWII slave laborers
Japan high court denies compensation claims by WWII slave laborers
Michael Sung
April 27, 2007 10:45:00 am

The Supreme Court of Japan denied compensation claims made by five Chinese wartime slave laborers Friday, ruling that companies that utilized Chinese individuals were not obligated to provide compensation because the 1972 Joint Communique of the Government of Japan...

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News Marines expected to face criminal charges in Afghanistan civilian shootings
Marines expected to face criminal charges in Afghanistan civilian shootings
Holly Manges Jones
April 27, 2007 10:09:00 am

The US Marine Corps has been told to expect charges to be filed against five to seven Marines who are being investigated for killing ten civilians near Jalalabad, Afghanistan on March 4, according to a...

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News California legislators approve construction program to ease prison overcrowding
California legislators approve construction program to ease prison overcrowding
Michael Sung
April 27, 2007 09:55:00 am

California state legislators Thursday approved a $8.3 billion dollar program to construct facilities to provide 53,000 new prison and jail beds over the next five years as part of an effort to alleviate...

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News Japan Supreme Court denies compensation to Chinese ‘comfort women’
Japan Supreme Court denies compensation to Chinese ‘comfort women’
Michael Sung
April 27, 2007 09:27:00 am

The Supreme Court of Japan affirmed a Tokyo High Court decision Friday denying government compensation to two Chinese women who were forced to work as "comfort women" , because the 1972...

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News Justice Department releases inventory of withheld documents on US Attorney firings
Justice Department releases inventory of withheld documents on US Attorney firings
Michael Sung
April 27, 2007 08:34:00 am

The US Department of Justice released an inventory of 171 internal documents withheld from Congress Thursday, resisting congressional demands that the department disclose and release emails and memos involving the controversial firing of eight US...

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News ICC urged to probe Canadian Afghan detainee transfers
ICC urged to probe Canadian Afghan detainee transfers
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 26, 2007 06:52:00 pm

Two Canadian law professors and human rights activists have written to the International Criminal Court (ICC) , asking it to investigate "possible war crimes" by top Canadian defence officials. Michael Byers of the University of British Columbia and...

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News ‘Spambot’ creators facing federal lawsuit in Virginia
‘Spambot’ creators facing federal lawsuit in Virginia
Mike Rosen-Molina
April 26, 2007 05:38:00 pm

A Utah-based anti-spam technology company filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Alexandria Thursday in an effort to identify the people behind so-called "spambots" , programs that search the Internet for e-mail addresses to sell to spammers....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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