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News New York lawyer pleads guilty in $400 million investment scheme
New York lawyer pleads guilty in $400 million investment scheme
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 12, 2009 08:30:00 am

New York lawyer Mark Dreier pleaded guilty Monday in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to fraud charges for perpetrating a scheme that cost investors more than $400 million. Appearing before Judge...

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News Cambodia genocide court denies second bail request of ex-Khmer Rouge official
Cambodia genocide court denies second bail request of ex-Khmer Rouge official
Ximena Marinero
May 11, 2009 03:27:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia on Monday denied a second request for release on bail by former Khmer Rouge official Ieng Thirith . Ieng was Minister of Social Action in...

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News Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes
Afghanistan parliament calls for regulation of foreign forces in wake of air strikes
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 03:02:00 pm

Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga , the lower house of the Afghan parliament, on Monday demanded that restrictions be placed on foreign forces to avoid further civilian casualties before recessing in protest of recent air strikes. Wolesi Jirga secretary Abdul...

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News Indigenous Sami hunting rights lawsuit [Sweden]
Indigenous Sami hunting rights lawsuit [Sweden]
May 11, 2009 01:57:00 pm

Lawsuit by the Sami People of Sweden against the Swedish government, Gallivare District Court, May 11, 2009 . Read the full text of the complaint . Reported in...

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News Indigenous Sami people file suit against Sweden for violating land use rights
Indigenous Sami people file suit against Sweden for violating land use rights
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 01:50:00 pm

The Swedish Sami Association (SSR) on Monday brought a lawsuit against the Swedish government claiming that the state is violating the hunting rights [application summary, PDF,...

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News Iran court releases US journalist after suspending sentence
Iran court releases US journalist after suspending sentence
Ximena Marinero
May 11, 2009 01:04:00 pm

US journalist Roxana Saberi was released from an Iranian prison Monday after an Iranian court of appeals on Sunday reduced her eight-year sentence for espionage to two years and then suspended the sentence. According...

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News Gun manufacturer torts claims dismissal [9th Circuit]
Gun manufacturer torts claims dismissal [9th Circuit]
May 11, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Lilian S. Ileto, et al. v. Glock Inc., et al., US Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, May 11, 2009 ....

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News DOJ to reverse Bush administration antitrust policies
DOJ to reverse Bush administration antitrust policies
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 12:42:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday that it is reversing Bush administration antitrust policies that made it difficult to act against large companies that harm the interests of smaller companies. In a speech...

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News Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus ruling [US DC]
Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus ruling [US DC]
May 11, 2009 12:41:00 pm

Petitioners v. Barack Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 11, 2009 [holding that the US government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed...

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News Rights groups decry Obama military commissions revival plan
Rights groups decry Obama military commissions revival plan
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
May 11, 2009 10:47:00 am

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Saturday harshly criticized the Obama administration's reported consideration of reviving the military commissions system to try Guantanamo Bay detainees . ACLU Executive Director Anthony...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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