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News Germany appeals court rules accused Nazi soldier fit to stand trial
Germany appeals court rules accused Nazi soldier fit to stand trial
Andrew Morgan
July 7, 2009 12:27:00 pm

A German appeals court on Tuesday found that suspected Nazi Waffen-SS soldier Heinrich Boere is medically fit to stand trial for the 1944 murder of three Dutch civilians. The Cologne Higher Regional Court...

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News Former Navy JAG urges end to military commissions at Senate hearing
Former Navy JAG urges end to military commissions at Senate hearing
Andrew Morgan
July 7, 2009 11:50:00 am

Retired Rear Admiral John Hutson , formerly the US Navy's Judge Advocate General , argued Tuesday that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) should be repealed rather than reformed. At a...

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News India high court rejects bid to replace hanging with lethal injection
India high court rejects bid to replace hanging with lethal injection
Christian Ehret
July 7, 2009 11:29:00 am

The Supreme Court of India on Monday rejected a bid to replace executions by hanging with lethal injections. The suit was brought by rights advocate Ashok Kumar Walia who maintained that hanging executions were cruel and painful...

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News ICC prosecutors appeal decision not to charge Sudan president with genocide
ICC prosecutors appeal decision not to charge Sudan president with genocide
Andrew Morgan
July 7, 2009 10:27:00 am

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday appealed the court's decision not to charge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with genocide. ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo ...

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News Second Circuit rules prisoners lack First Amendment rights to urge inmate strikes
Second Circuit rules prisoners lack First Amendment rights to urge inmate strikes
Christian Ehret
July 7, 2009 10:08:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Monday affirmed a ruling that a prisoner's First Amendment rights are not violated if he is prohibited from writing material that encourages...

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News UN rights chief urges restraint, respect for due process in China ethnic violence
UN rights chief urges restraint, respect for due process in China ethnic violence
Andrew Morgan
July 7, 2009 08:43:00 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday called for restraint from all sides and a respect for due process in the ethnic unrest in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region , in which...

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News Federal appeals court to rehear patent rules challenge
Federal appeals court to rehear patent rules challenge
Christian Ehret
July 7, 2009 08:27:00 am

A federal appeals court on Monday ordered an en banc rehearing of a patent case that challenges new US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) rules . The US Court of Appeals for the Federal...

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News Taylor trial at Sierra Leone war crimes court could take 4 years: prosecution
Taylor trial at Sierra Leone war crimes court could take 4 years: prosecution
Jay Carmella
July 7, 2009 07:51:00 am

The prosecution warned the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Monday that the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor at The Hague could take four years to complete...

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News Liberia truth commission recommends 30-year ban on president holding office
Liberia truth commission recommends 30-year ban on president holding office
Andrew Morgan
July 6, 2009 04:12:00 pm

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should be subject to public sanctions, including a 30-year ban on holding public office, for her role in supporting the country's 1997-2003 civil wars, according to a final report released...

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News Prisoner First Amendment rights ruling [2nd Circuit]
Prisoner First Amendment rights ruling [2nd Circuit]
July 6, 2009 03:18:00 pm

Pilgrim v. Luther, et al., US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, July 6, 2009 [affirming a lower court's holding that a prisoner's First Amendment rights are not violated if he is prohibited from writing material that encourages inmates...

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Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.

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