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News Nine charged in US for plot to overthrow Laos government
Nine charged in US for plot to overthrow Laos government
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 09:54:00 am

Nine suspects were arrested and charged Monday in the US Eastern District of California for allegedly plotting the violent overthrow of the Laotian government. The suspects, including General Vang Pao, a former general in the Royal...

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News Oregon ecoterrorist sentenced to 7 years in prison for arson
Oregon ecoterrorist sentenced to 7 years in prison for arson
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 09:24:00 am

Daniel McGowan was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after pleading guilty last year to ecoterrorism charges, including participation in a criminal conspiracy and two counts of arson. McGowan was among ten defendants who...

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News US military judge drops charges against second Guantanamo detainee
US military judge drops charges against second Guantanamo detainee
Michael Sung
June 5, 2007 08:38:00 am

US Navy Capt. Keith J. Allred, the judge presiding over military commission proceedings against Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan Monday dismissed all charges against...

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News Ex-KKK member on trial for 1964 civil rights killings
Ex-KKK member on trial for 1964 civil rights killings
Leslie Schulman
June 4, 2007 07:09:00 pm

The trial of former Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member James Ford Seale , accused of kidnapping and killing two black men in Mississippi in 1964, began Monday. Seale, now 71 years old, was originally arrested in 1964 on...

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News US congressman indicted on bribery, money laundering charges
US congressman indicted on bribery, money laundering charges
Gabriel Haboubi
June 4, 2007 05:20:00 pm

US Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA) was indicted Monday on 16 counts, including charges of bribery, racketeering, money laundering, and obstruction of justice. Jefferson allegedly solicited bribes from numerous companies both in...

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News Sixth Circuit strikes down Michigan ‘partial-birth’ abortion ban
Sixth Circuit strikes down Michigan ‘partial-birth’ abortion ban
Gabriel Haboubi
June 4, 2007 04:37:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that Michigan's ban on what opponents of the procedure call "partial-birth" abortion is unconstitutional because it "fails to...

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News Former Enron broadband executive gets 2-year sentence
Former Enron broadband executive gets 2-year sentence
Michael Sung
June 4, 2007 03:39:00 pm

The US District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced Enron Broadband Services former COO Kevin Hannon to two years in prison Monday. Hannon, who was charged along with four other former Enron executives and...

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News Missouri lethal injection procedures ruled constitutional
Missouri lethal injection procedures ruled constitutional
Gabriel Haboubi
June 4, 2007 03:38:00 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled unanimously Monday that Missouri's lethal injection procedures do not constitute cruel and unusual punishment , making it possible for lethal injections...

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News US Rep. William Jefferson indictment [US DC]
US Rep. William Jefferson indictment [US DC]
June 4, 2007 03:21:00 pm

US v. William J. Jefferson, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, June 4, 2007 . Read the...

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News Michigan 'partial-birth' abortion ban ruling [6th Circuit]
Michigan 'partial-birth' abortion ban ruling [6th Circuit]
June 4, 2007 03:13:00 pm

Northland Family Planning Clinic, Inc. et al. v. Michael A. Cox, Attorney General of the State of Michigan, US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, June 4, 2007 [holding that Michigan's ban on "partial-birth" abortion is unconstitutional because it...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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