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News Former high-value CIA detainee dies in Libya prison
Former high-value CIA detainee dies in Libya prison
Adrienne Lester
May 13, 2009 07:55:00 am

A former high-value US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detainee died in a Libyan prison Tuesday. Ali Mohamed Abdelaziz al Fakhiri, also known as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi , apparently committed suicide in his cell at...

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News France lower house approves amended internet piracy bill
France lower house approves amended internet piracy bill
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 03:34:00 pm

The French National Assembly on Tuesday approved an amended version of a controversial internet piracy bill that would cut off internet access for those who repeatedly illegally download copyrighted material by a...

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News US elected to UN rights council seat for first time
US elected to UN rights council seat for first time
Adrienne Lester
May 12, 2009 03:12:00 pm

The US was elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the first time Tuesday. The US received 90 percent of the votes from the UN General Assembly . In...

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News Russia, Japan to renew talks on WWII peace treaty at G8 summit
Russia, Japan to renew talks on WWII peace treaty at G8 summit
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 01:21:00 pm

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that President Dmitry Medvedev and Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso will discuss a possible peace treaty between the two nations at a G8 summit in...

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News French internet piracy bill [France National Assembly]
French internet piracy bill [France National Assembly]
May 12, 2009 01:13:00 pm

Internet piracy law as amended, French National Assembly, May 12, 2009 . Read the full text of the legislative materials . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

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New York same-sex marriage bill [NY State Assembly]
May 12, 2009 01:06:00 pm

An act to amend the domestic relations law, in relation to the ability to marry, New York State Assembly, passed May 12, 2009, . Read the full text...

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News Former Nuremberg prosecutor King dies at age 89
Former Nuremberg prosecutor King dies at age 89
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 11:07:00 am

US Nuremberg trials prosecutor Henry King Jr. died Saturday from cancer at the age of 89. King, a professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law ...

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News Alabama court begins hearing shareholder lawsuit against ex-HealthSouth CEO
Alabama court begins hearing shareholder lawsuit against ex-HealthSouth CEO
Devin Montgomery
May 12, 2009 10:27:00 am

Alabama's Jefferson County Circuit Court on Monday began hearing a $2.6 billion derivative lawsuit brought by HealthSouth shareholders against company founder and former CEO Richard Scrushy for his alleged role...

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News Accused Nazi guard deported to Germany to face accessory to murder charges
Accused Nazi guard deported to Germany to face accessory to murder charges
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 09:42:00 am

Accused Nazi prison guard John Demjanjuk arrived in Germany Tuesday to face accessory to murder charges for his alleged involvement at the Sobibor concentration camp after being deported [DOJ...

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Federal judge sentenced for lying in sexual harassment investigation
Devin Montgomery
May 12, 2009 09:27:00 am

US District Judge Samuel Kent was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in prison for obstruction of justice for lying to a judicial panel investigating sexual harassment allegations against him....

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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