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News Italy court orders trial for accused Somali pirates
Italy court orders trial for accused Somali pirates
Brandon Gatto
February 21, 2012 01:44:37 pm

The Tribunale Ordinario di Roma on Monday ordered nine alleged Somali pirates to be tried in Italy's first international piracy trial on charges of attacking the Montecristo, an Italian cargo vessel, off...

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News Supreme Court declines to expand definition of custodial for Miranda purposes
Supreme Court declines to expand definition of custodial for Miranda purposes
Hillary Stemple
February 21, 2012 01:21:52 pm

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 Tuesday in Howes v. Fields that a US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit categorical rule that all private questioning of prisoners about outside events is...

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News Federal judge strikes down part of Nebraska city immigration law
Federal judge strikes down part of Nebraska city immigration law
Max Slater
February 21, 2012 01:02:31 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska on Monday struck down a provision in Fremont, Nebraska law that denies housing permits to illegal immigrants, saying the ordinance violates federal law....

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News Somalia allowing recruitment of child soldiers: HRW
Somalia allowing recruitment of child soldiers: HRW
Sung Un Kim
February 21, 2012 01:02:15 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday criticized Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (FTG) and African Union forces (AMISOM) for failing to stop the unlawful recruitment of children as soldiers, forced marriage and...

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News Egypt prosecutor seeks death penalty for Mubarak in closing remarks
Egypt prosecutor seeks death penalty for Mubarak in closing remarks
Andrea Bottorff
February 21, 2012 11:13:36 am

The chief prosecutor in the case against former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in his closing remarks on Monday again asked the presiding judge, Ahmed Refaat, to give the death penalty to...

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News Supreme Court to rule on University of Texas affirmative action policy
Supreme Court to rule on University of Texas affirmative action policy
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
February 21, 2012 10:23:33 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Tuesday in Fisher v. University of Texas to determine whether the court's decisions interpreting the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth...

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News Syria publishes draft constitution prior to national referendum
Syria publishes draft constitution prior to national referendum
Andrea Bottorff
February 21, 2012 09:33:03 am

The Syrian Arab News Agency on Monday published the country's new draft constitution , nearly one week before Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has scheduled a referendum on the constitution. The draft constitution...

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News Charges dropped against Bahrain opposition leader
Charges dropped against Bahrain opposition leader
Julia Zebley
February 21, 2012 08:35:54 am

A court in Bahrain's capital, Manama, on Monday dropped the last charges against former member of parliament and Al-Wefaq leader Matar Matar . Two previous charges were dropped against Matar in August: "calling for...

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News Ecuador court rejects injunction on Chevron fine
Ecuador court rejects injunction on Chevron fine
Julia Zebley
February 21, 2012 07:40:10 am

The Provincial Court of Justice of Sucumbios in Lago Agrio, Ecuador denied an arbitration decision by The Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) on Friday, forwarding an appeal by Chevron ...

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News UN SG welcomes Somalia constitutional conference agreement
UN SG welcomes Somalia constitutional conference agreement
Jamie Davis
February 20, 2012 02:10:05 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday applauded the Somali parties who have reached a "crucial political agreement" on Friday at the Garowe II Constitutional Conference . According to Ban, the agreement provides the steps...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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