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News DOJ seeks names of Swiss bank clients in move against overseas  tax shelters
DOJ seeks names of Swiss bank clients in move against overseas tax shelters
Mike Rosen-Molina
July 1, 2008 10:03:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed papers in the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida Monday asking the court to force a Swiss bank to hand over the names of American clients suspected...

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News California death penalty system ‘dysfunctional’: state commission
California death penalty system ‘dysfunctional’: state commission
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 09:51:00 am

Nearly $100 million in annual funding is needed to fix California's "dysfunctional" prison system, according to a state commission's report released Monday. The California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (CCFAJ) was...

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News US fails to protect against unlawful executions: UN investigator
US fails to protect against unlawful executions: UN investigator
Devin Montgomery
July 1, 2008 09:14:00 am

The US does not appropriately protect its citizens and foreign nationals from executions that are out of line with international law, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston said ...

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News Poland court rules trial of former communist leader can proceed
Poland court rules trial of former communist leader can proceed
Andrew Gilmore
July 1, 2008 09:06:00 am

A Polish appeals court has ruled that the trial of former communist military leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski can proceed, overturning a lower court decision that halted the trial while prosecutors gathered more evidence against other...

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News Ex-Abu Ghraib detainees sue military contractors for torture
Ex-Abu Ghraib detainees sue military contractors for torture
Deirdre Jurand
July 1, 2008 08:36:00 am

Four former Abu Ghraib detainees filed lawsuits Monday against two private US military contractors and three of their employees, alleging torture, war crimes and civil conspiracy. The former detainees said that employees of CACI...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

ABC News correspondent shot and killed by Nicaraguan security forces

An ABC News correspondent, Bill Stewart, was shot and killed on June 20, 1979, by a member of the Nicaraguan National Guard while on assignment in the civil-war-torn Central American country. Video of the execution-style shooting sparked outrage in the US and drastically reduced the country's support for Nicaragua's right-wing Somoza regime. Read a retrospective on the incident from ABC, and read a statement from then-President Jimmy Carter on Stewart's murder.  

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On June 20, 2001, the first World Refugee Day was celebrated.

Lizzie Borden acquitted of murdering her father and stepmother

On June 20, 1893, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Lizzie Borden was found not guilty of the brutal axe murders of her stepmother and father. Learn more about Lizzie Borden and the trial that set her free.

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