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News France appeals court upholds judgment against eBay but reduces damages
France appeals court upholds judgment against eBay but reduces damages
Zach Zagger
September 3, 2010 04:08:47 pm

The Paris Court of Appeals on Friday upheld a 2008 judgment against the online auction house eBay for its role in the sale of counterfeit goods but significantly reduced the amount of damages eBay has to pay....

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News Canada G-20 protesters file class action suit against AG and Toronto police
Canada G-20 protesters file class action suit against AG and Toronto police
Brian Jackson
September 3, 2010 01:19:31 pm

Two individuals detained during the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Toronto in July filed a class action suit on Thursday on behalf of 1,150 individuals detained during the summit. The individuals, Miranda...

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News DOJ brings charges in largest US human trafficking case
DOJ brings charges in largest US human trafficking case
Matt Glenn
September 3, 2010 01:05:08 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Thursday that a Hawaii grand jury has indicted six people on human trafficking charges . The defendants allegedly enticed approximately 400 Thai nationals to come to the US by...

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News California appeals court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling
California appeals court refuses to order state appeal of same-sex marriage ruling
Matt Glenn
September 3, 2010 12:15:50 pm

A judge for California's 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that neither Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nor Attorney General Jerry Brown is required to appeal last month's federal district...

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News Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Equatorial Guinea president says coup plotters had fair trial
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 10:28:08 am

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang said Friday that last month's trial of four men sentenced to death for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace was fair. Obiang stated that the country's laws were respected, and procedures guaranteeing a...

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News ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
ICTY judges warn Karadzic trial likely to continue until 2014
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 3, 2010 09:24:28 am

Judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) warned Friday that the genocide trial of Radovan Karadzic may take another four years—two years longer than expected. As the UN...

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News UN-sponsored anti-corruption agency opens in Austria
UN-sponsored anti-corruption agency opens in Austria
Daniel Makosky
September 3, 2010 08:18:13 am

The International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA), a joint venture undertaken by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) , Austria and others, opened its doors on Thursday. Based in Laxenburg, Austria,...

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Rights group urges Bahrain to investigate torture allegations
Megan McKee | JURIST Staff
September 2, 2010 03:23:59 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Wednesday on Bahraini authorities to make a prompt investigation into torture allegations made by four Shia activists who have been detained for more than two weeks. On August 27, after...

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Prosecutors urge continued support of international tribunals
Hillary Stemple
September 2, 2010 01:39:34 pm

Current and former international prosecutors on Tuesday signed the fourth Chautauqua Declaration praising recent advances in international law and urging countries to continue supporting the international courts in order to maintain the spirit of the Nuremburg Principles...

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UN delays release of controversial DRC ‘genocide report’
Andrea Bottorff
September 2, 2010 11:14:48 am

The UN announced Thursday that it will delay the release of a report that accuses Rwandan forces of committing acts of genocide in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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