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News Thailand high court bans ex-PM from politics, dissolves party for electoral fraud
Thailand high court bans ex-PM from politics, dissolves party for electoral fraud
Brett Murphy
May 30, 2007 12:52:00 pm

The Constitutional Court of the Kingdom of Thailand ordered the dissolution of the political party Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Wednesday after finding that it committed electoral fraud during last year's annulled...

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News Serbia war crimes prosecutor  investigating 12 for 1991 mass murders of Croats
Serbia war crimes prosecutor investigating 12 for 1991 mass murders of Croats
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 12:15:00 pm

Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor Tuesday confirmed an ongoing investigation conducted in cooperation with Croatian authorities against 12 former Serb paramilitary members for their alleged role in the "torture, inhuman treatment, and killing of 70...

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News New Jersey eminent domain laws permit government ‘misuses’: official report
New Jersey eminent domain laws permit government ‘misuses’: official report
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 11:33:00 am

The New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate released a report Tuesday detailing cases of abuse of New Jersey's eminent domain laws, which the report criticized for being giving "overbroad...

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News Former FBI chief applauds latest efforts to extend DNA testing
Former FBI chief applauds latest efforts to extend DNA testing
Brett Murphy
May 30, 2007 11:32:00 am

Former FBI Director William S. Sessions Wednesday applauded recent efforts to extend DNA testing, especially for the benefit of prisoners facing the death penalty. In a JURIST op-ed, Sessions said that a proposal by New York Gov....

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News Russia chief prosecutor rejects suggested Lugovoy-Berezovsky swap with UK
Russia chief prosecutor rejects suggested Lugovoy-Berezovsky swap with UK
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 11:01:00 am

Russia's Office of the Prosecutor-General Wednesday dismissed suggestions by a Russian lawmaker that Andrei Lugovoy , currently sought by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service (CRS) for the poisoning murder of former KGB...

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News Pakistan president detained, pressured Chaudhry: CJ affidavit
Pakistan president detained, pressured Chaudhry: CJ affidavit
Brett Murphy
May 30, 2007 10:17:00 am

Suspended Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Tuesday released to reporters a signed affidavit he had filed with the Supreme Court of Pakistan detailing how he was detained last March against his...

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News UK AG denies telling soldiers not to accord Iraq detainees statutory rights protections
UK AG denies telling soldiers not to accord Iraq detainees statutory rights protections
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 10:16:00 am

UK Attorney General Lord Peter Goldsmith Tuesday denied allegations published in The Independent that he advised Army officials to deny UK detainees in Iraq legal protections guaranteed under the Human Rights Act of 1998 (HRA)...

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News Cheney lawyers ordered residence visitor records destroyed: DOJ letter
Cheney lawyers ordered residence visitor records destroyed: DOJ letter
Brett Murphy
May 30, 2007 09:45:00 am

Lawyers for US Vice President Dick Cheney instructed the Secret Service to destroy data on who visited his official residence at the Naval Observatory, saying that the information was protected by the Presidential Records Act , according...

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News DOD refuses to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tribunal tape
DOD refuses to release Khalid Sheikh Mohammed tribunal tape
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 09:37:00 am

The US Department of Defense will not release audio recordings of the March 9 Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) hearing for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay due to concerns that it could be used...

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News Bosnia top judge says escaped war criminal threat to judges, prosecutors
Bosnia top judge says escaped war criminal threat to judges, prosecutors
Michael Sung
May 30, 2007 08:59:00 am

A convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal who escaped from prison presents a threat to the security and judges of the War Crimes Chamber of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina Meddzida Kreso,...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

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