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News DOJ indicts 32 for alleged Medicare fraud
DOJ indicts 32 for alleged Medicare fraud
Devin Montgomery
July 30, 2009 08:44:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced the indictment of 32 for allegedly filing $16 million dollars in fraudulent Medicare claims....

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News Russia finds largest oil producer broke competition laws
Russia finds largest oil producer broke competition laws
Devin Montgomery
July 30, 2009 07:33:00 am

Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service on Wednesday said that Rosneft , the country's largest oil producer, broke unfair competition laws by over-inflating wholesale prices of petroleum products. According to the FAS, Rosneft violated...

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News Al-Mutairi Guantanamo release order [US DC]
Al-Mutairi Guantanamo release order [US DC]
July 29, 2009 03:39:00 pm

Mutairi, et al. v. USA, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, approved July 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST...

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News Cocaine sentencing disparities bill [US House Judiciary Comm.]
Cocaine sentencing disparities bill [US House Judiciary Comm.]
July 29, 2009 03:28:00 pm

An Act To amend the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act regarding penalties for cocaine offenses, US House Judiciary Committee, approved July 29, 2009 . Reported in...

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News Siddiqui mental competency ruling [US DC]
Siddiqui mental competency ruling [US DC]
July 29, 2009 03:20:00 pm

USA v. Siddiqui, US District Court for the Southern District of New York, July 29, 2009 . Reported in JURIST's Paper...

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Iran to begin trials of election protesters
Devin Montgomery
July 29, 2009 01:41:00 pm

Iran officials said Wednesday that they plan to begin trials Sunday for 20 of those detained during protests of the controversial reelection of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The protesters have been charged...

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News Executions down worldwide: report
Executions down worldwide: report
Devin Montgomery
July 29, 2009 12:42:00 pm

Anti-death-penalty group Hands Off Cain said Wednesday that the number of countries with capital punishment, as well as the total number of executions was down in 2008 from the previous year. According to the group, at...

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News Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Ireland to take 2 Guantanamo detainees
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 29, 2009 11:33:00 am

Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern announced Wednesday that Ireland will accept two detainees being released from the US prison facility at Guantanamo Bay . The detainees will not be admitted as refugees, but...

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News Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Federal appeals court revives suit over Iran assassination
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
July 29, 2009 10:27:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Tuesday that a lawsuit against Iran over the 1984 assassination of former chief of the Iranian armed forces Gholam Oveissi in France by...

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News Jawad lawyers call for release citing Afghanistan support for repatriation
Jawad lawyers call for release citing Afghanistan support for repatriation
Devin Montgomery
July 29, 2009 10:23:00 am

Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Mohammed Jawad on Tuesday called on the US District Court for the District of Columbia to sign off on the release of their client, claiming...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Convention on Psychotropic Substances signed

On February 21, 1971, the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The Convention was promulgated to regulate psychotropic drugs, extending the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, which applied to cannabis-, cocoa-, and opium-based drugs. In 1988, the UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was promulgated to address international drug manufacture, possession, and distribution, primarily in organized crime. 175 nations are now parties to the Convention. Member nations have implemented the Convention in the form of domestic laws such as the US Psychotropic Substances Act, the UK Misuse of Drugs Act, and the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.

Former Nixon AG Mitchell sentenced to prison for Watergate

On February 21, 1975, former US Attorney General John Mitchell, Nixon Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and domestic adviser John Ehrlichman were sentenced to prison terms of 2 1/2 to 8 years for obstructing justice in the Watergate affair.

Learn more about John Mitchell from the Washington Post.

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