Bhutto amnesty ordinance [Pakistan] News
Bhutto amnesty ordinance [Pakistan]

National Reconciliation Ordinance, Pervez Musharraf, October 5, 2007 [granting amnesty to former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and other politicians charged with corruption between 1988 and 1999]. Read the full text of the ordinance. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Confederate rebels' voting rights restored under amnesty

On May 22, 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant signed the General Amnesty Act, allowing all but about 500 Southern male voters denied voting rights as a punishment for rebellion under the XIVth Amendment to regain their right to vote and hold office. General amnesty was finally made universal on June 6, 1898.

Sri Lanka constitution ratified

On May 22, 1972, the former British colony of Ceylon ratified a new constitution, becoming the Republic of Sri Lanka.