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News Federal court rejects Bush appeal of order to process visitor log request
Federal court rejects Bush appeal of order to process visitor log request
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 11, 2008 02:26:00 pm

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected a Bush administration appeal against a 2007 order requiring that White House visitor logs be released in compliance with...

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News Pakistan lawyers protest senior ruling party stance on deposed judges
Pakistan lawyers protest senior ruling party stance on deposed judges
Andrew Gilmore
July 11, 2008 02:04:00 pm

Members of the Pakistan lawyers' movement rallied Thursday against the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and party co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari for failing to reinstate judges deposed after the declaration of emergency by President...

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News Singapore speaks out against criticism of its judiciary
Singapore speaks out against criticism of its judiciary
Devin Montgomery
July 11, 2008 01:25:00 pm

Singapore's Ministry of Law Wednesday rejected claims by the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) that the country lacks an independent judiciary and fails to meet international standards of human rights. In its response...

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News Israel police reveal new evidence in PM Olmert corruption investigation
Israel police reveal new evidence in PM Olmert corruption investigation
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 11, 2008 01:23:00 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert misappropriated approximately $100,000 by double-billing different sources for travel and hotel expenses, Israeli police said Friday after questioning the politician. Olmert's travel agency, Rishon Tours, would allegedly ask various state agencies and...

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News Thailand prosecutors file new corruption charges against ex-PM Thaksin
Thailand prosecutors file new corruption charges against ex-PM Thaksin
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 11, 2008 12:34:00 pm

The Thai Attorney General's Office filed new corruption charges against former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the country's Supreme Court Friday. The charges relate to a 2003 resolution that reduced fees paid by...

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Canada PM criticized for not intervening in Khadr case
Deirdre Jurand
July 11, 2008 11:33:00 am

Human rights groups and defense lawyers have criticized the refusal of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to interfere with US proceedings against Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr in light of documents [text,...

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News ICJ to rule on Mexico petition to halt US executions of foreign nationals
ICJ to rule on Mexico petition to halt US executions of foreign nationals
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 11, 2008 11:11:00 am

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that next week it will rule on a Mexican petition asking to delay the executions of five Mexicans on death row in the US. Mexican authorities allege...

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News European Parliament calls for end to anti-Roma laws
European Parliament calls for end to anti-Roma laws
Andrew Gilmore
July 11, 2008 10:58:00 am

The European Parliament (EP) voted Thursday to adopt a resolution calling on member states to "review and repeal laws and policies that discriminate against the Roma on the basis of race and ethnicity."...

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Italy law granting immunity to officials passes in lower house
Devin Montgomery
July 11, 2008 10:27:00 am

The Italian Chamber of Deputies , the country's lower house of parliament, approved legislation Thursday that would grant Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and...

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News Former UK shadow Home Secretary wins by-election on civil liberties platform
Former UK shadow Home Secretary wins by-election on civil liberties platform
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 11, 2008 10:10:00 am

Former UK shadow Home Secretary David Davis , who resigned his parliamentary position in protest over an anti-terror bill in June, won a forced by-election Friday with almost 72% of the...

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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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