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News DOJ to reduce prison communications limits on ‘American Taliban’ Lindh
DOJ to reduce prison communications limits on ‘American Taliban’ Lindh
Benjamin Hackman
March 19, 2009 12:44:00 pm

A spokesperson for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday that the DOJ will limit prison restrictions on John Walker Lindh , a California man known as the "American Taliban." Lindh is...

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News UK to publish detainee interrogation guidelines
UK to publish detainee interrogation guidelines
Andrew Morgan
March 19, 2009 12:08:00 pm

The UK will publish the guidance it gives to intelligence officers for questioning suspects overseas, Prime Minister Gordon Brown told parliament in a written statement Wednesday. Restating the UK's unequivocal condemnation of torture, Brown said that...

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News Israeli forces arrest Hamas leaders after release efforts for captured soldier fail
Israeli forces arrest Hamas leaders after release efforts for captured soldier fail
Christian Ehret
March 19, 2009 12:00:00 pm

Israeli forces arrested 12 Hamas leaders during raids in the West Bank Thursday. Among those seized were former Palestine deputy prime minister Nasseredin al-Shaer and Hamas officials Adnan Asfur and Raafat Nassif. The...

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News DOJ to end raids on medical marijuana facilities not violating state law: Holder
DOJ to end raids on medical marijuana facilities not violating state law: Holder
Matt Glenn
March 19, 2009 11:51:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) will no longer prosecute owners of medical marijuana facilities that do not violate state law, Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday. Although the use of medical marijuana violates federal...

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News US judges approve new ethics rules
US judges approve new ethics rules
Devin Montgomery
March 19, 2009 11:50:00 am

The US Judicial Conference has published a revised Code of Conduct for federal judges in the country. The revision, published Tuesday, updates the code from its last revision in 1992, and the conference said...

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News Italy CIA rendition trial delayed while high court frames reasons for excluding evidence
Italy CIA rendition trial delayed while high court frames reasons for excluding evidence
Steve Czajkowski
March 19, 2009 10:50:00 am

The Italian judge presiding over the kidnapping trail of 26 Americans and seven Italians on Wednesday postponed the trial until April 22. Judge Oscar Magi suspended the case in order to allow Italy's Constitutional...

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News New Mexico governor signs bill repealing death penalty
New Mexico governor signs bill repealing death penalty
Steve Czajkowski
March 19, 2009 09:47:00 am

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson (D) on Wednesday signed a bill which repealed the use of the death penalty in the state. The bill replaces the use...

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News Singapore judge fines WSJ-Asia editor for criticizing judiciary
Singapore judge fines WSJ-Asia editor for criticizing judiciary
Bhargav Katikanen
March 19, 2009 07:39:00 am

A judge for the Supreme Court of Singapore ruled Thursday that a Wall Journal Journal Asia (WSJ-Asia) editor was in contempt of court and personally liable for damages for publishing two editorials...

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News SEC charges Madoff accountant with fraud
SEC charges Madoff accountant with fraud
Devin Montgomery
March 18, 2009 04:15:00 pm

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday charged accountant David Friehling with fraud for his alleged role in the securities fraud scheme committed by financier Bernard Madoff . In...

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Special prosecutor for CIA interrogations urged
Devin Montgomery
March 18, 2009 02:58:00 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday called on US Attorney General Eric Holder to commission a special prosecutor  to investigate tactics used by CIA interrogators against terrorism...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Communist Poland bans trade union Solidarity

Communist Poland banned the trade union Solidarity on October 9, 1982, two years after the union started a large-scale strike in the Gdansk shipyard, where it was founded. Solidarity would later become instrumental in the fall of communism in Poland. The union's leader, Lech Wałęsa, was later elected the first president of post-communist Poland in 1990. Learn more about the history of Solidarity.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs. Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

Che Guevara executed

On October 9, 1967, communist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara was executed by Bolivian military officials for attempting to overthrow the government there. Learn more about the life of Che Guevara.

Roger Williams banished from Massachusetts for preaching religious freedom

On October 9, 1635, separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts colony for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious affairs.

Read Williams' Plea for Religious Liberty.

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