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News South Korea ex-PM acquitted of bribery charges
South Korea ex-PM acquitted of bribery charges
Jonathan Cohen
April 9, 2010 12:05:00 pm

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook was acquitted Friday of bribery charges by the Seoul Central District Court. Han was accused of accepting $50,000 from former Korea Express CEO Kwak Young-wook in 2007...

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News Justice Stevens to retire from US Supreme Court
Justice Stevens to retire from US Supreme Court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
April 9, 2010 10:41:00 am

Justice John Paul Stevens of the US Supreme Court announced Friday that he plans to step down at the end of the court's 2009 term this summer....

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News Federal judge grants delay in American Indian trust settlement
Federal judge grants delay in American Indian trust settlement
Patrice Collins
April 9, 2010 10:04:00 am

US district court judge James Robertson granted Congress additional time Thursday to approve a $3.4 billion settlement against the government in a class action lawsuit brought for its alleged mismanagement...

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News Karadzic fails in latest bid to delay war crimes trial
Karadzic fails in latest bid to delay war crimes trial
Michael Kraemer
April 9, 2010 08:34:00 am

The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday denied the latest attempt by former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to delay...

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News Thailand court issues arrest warrants for protest leaders
Thailand court issues arrest warrants for protest leaders
Matt Glenn
April 9, 2010 07:27:00 am

A Thai court on Friday issued arrest warrants for at least 17 high-profile protesters in an attempt to put down violent protests. Among the accused are top leaders of the the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship,...

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News Turkish court sentences Kurdish rights activist to 3 years in prison
Turkish court sentences Kurdish rights activist to 3 years in prison
Zach Zagger
April 8, 2010 03:25:00 pm

Turkish politician and Kurdish rights activist Leyla Zana was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison for spreading terrorist propaganda. Zana was convicted by a court in the city of Diyarbakir for two...

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News Spain agrees to accept 4 additional Guantanamo detainees
Spain agrees to accept 4 additional Guantanamo detainees
Sarah Miley
April 8, 2010 02:25:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder announced Thursday that Spain has agreed to resettle four detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The four detainees are in addition to a Palestinian detainee transferred...

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News Former Guantanamo detainee sues US government for torture
Former Guantanamo detainee sues US government for torture
Matt Glenn
April 8, 2010 01:58:00 pm

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Adel Hassan Hamad filed suit in the US District Court for the Western District of Washington Wednesday against the US government and more than a dozen...

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News Pakistan presidential powers bill [Pakistan]
Pakistan presidential powers bill [Pakistan]
April 8, 2010 01:42:00 pm

18th Amendment Bill of the Pakistan Constitution, Pakistan National Assembly, April 8, 2010 . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available...

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News North Carolina group challenges constitutionality of  Voting Rights Act
North Carolina group challenges constitutionality of Voting Rights Act
Jonathan Cohen
April 8, 2010 01:20:00 pm

A group of citizens from Kinston, North Carolina, on Wednesday filed suit in the US District Court for the District of Columbia claiming that Section 5 of the federal Voting Rights Act (VRA)...

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Mao Zedong widow sentenced to death in China

On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death by a special court in China. The charges stemmed primarily from Jiang's role in the Cultural Revolution. Saying "I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite," Qing unsuccessfully argued that she was merely acting at the direction of her late husband, who had died five years earlier. In 1983, Jiang's sentence was commuted to life in prison so that she would have "time to repent." Her official trial documents have still not been released.

Charles Manson and "family" convicted of Tate murders

On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women of his "family" were convicted of murder and conspiracy for the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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