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News DOJ seeks deportation of Michigan man suspected of killing Jews during WWII
DOJ seeks deportation of Michigan man suspected of killing Jews during WWII
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 31, 2009 04:19:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the initiation of removal proceedings against a Michigan man accused of killing Jews while serving as a member of the Nazi-sponsored Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (UAP) in...

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News Cambodia genocide court announces appointment of acting co-prosecutor
Cambodia genocide court announces appointment of acting co-prosecutor
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 31, 2009 03:27:00 pm

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced Monday that William Smith of Australia has been appointed acting international co-prosecutor to replace Canadian Robert Petit when his resignation takes...

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News UN rights officials call for end to enforced disappearances
UN rights officials call for end to enforced disappearances
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 02:41:00 pm

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights commemorated the International Day of the Disappeared Monday, calling on states to eliminate enforced disappearances and ratify the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal begins trial of former businessman for church massacre
Rwanda genocide tribunal begins trial of former businessman for church massacre
Matt Glenn
August 31, 2009 02:06:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday began genocide proceedings against a former businessman man charged with ordering a bulldozer to knock down a church housing refugees and...

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News North Korea urges new Japan government to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
North Korea urges new Japan government to apologize for WWII ‘comfort women’
Bhargav Katikanen
August 31, 2009 01:35:00 pm

North Korea called on the newly-elected Japanese government Monday to apologize for its use of Asian "comfort women" by the Japanese Army in World War II. In an editorial published...

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News US announces release of more than 5,000 Iraq prisoners so far in 2009
US announces release of more than 5,000 Iraq prisoners so far in 2009
Matt Glenn
August 31, 2009 01:18:00 pm

The US has released more than 5,000 Iraqi prisoners and transferred more than 1,000 more to Iraqi control in 2009, according to a Sunday statement by the US-led Multinational Force in Iraq . This year's releases...

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News Cheney criticizes DOJ CIA interrogation probe as political move
Cheney criticizes DOJ CIA interrogation probe as political move
Safiya Boucaud
August 31, 2009 10:27:00 am

Former US vice president Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama of backtracking on his promise to not prosecute Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents for alleged abuses of suspected terrorist detainees under the...

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News Vietnam granting amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners
Vietnam granting amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners
Safiya Boucaud
August 31, 2009 09:12:00 am

Vietnamese Vice Minister of Public Security Le The Tiem said Monday that President Nguyen Minh Triet will grant amnesty to more than 5,000 prisoners on Wednesday in honor of National Day. Catholic priest Father Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly [AI...

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News Former Israel PM Olmert indicted on corruption charges
Former Israel PM Olmert indicted on corruption charges
Amelia Mathias
August 30, 2009 02:42:00 pm

Former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was indicted on three charges of corruption and fraud on Sunday after a lengthy period of accusations following his resignation from government a year ago. He is the...

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News Iran prosecutor removed by new judiciary head
Iran prosecutor removed by new judiciary head
Steve Czajkowski
August 30, 2009 10:34:00 am

Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani has removed controversial Tehran Prosecutor General Saeed Mortazavi from office, according to state media reports Saturday. The reason for the dismissal is as yet unclear. Mortazavi was appointed as...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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