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News Sri Lanka parliament votes to impeach chief justice
Sri Lanka parliament votes to impeach chief justice
Addison Morris
January 11, 2013 12:26:36 pm

The Sri Lankan Parliament voted in an overwhelming majority on Friday to impeach Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake and drafted an official motion imploring the president to remove her from office. According to the motion,...

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News Ex-police officer sentenced to 20 years for role in Srebrenica massacre
Ex-police officer sentenced to 20 years for role in Srebrenica massacre
Benjamin Minegar
January 11, 2013 12:13:04 pm

The war crimes court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) on Friday sentenced a former Bosnian Serb police officer to 20 years in prison for his role in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . 42-year-old...

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News Illinois AG asks Seventh Circuit to reconsider concealed carry ban
Illinois AG asks Seventh Circuit to reconsider concealed carry ban
Max Slater
January 11, 2013 10:25:57 am

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan on Tuesday requested that the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit review a decision last month that struck down Illinois' ban on carrying concealed...

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News Austria court convicts three neo-Nazis for glorifying Nazism
Austria court convicts three neo-Nazis for glorifying Nazism
Sarah Posner
January 11, 2013 09:26:42 am

An Austrian court convicted three neo-Nazis on Thursday of glorifying Nazism over the Internet, sentencing them to as many as nine years in prison. Neo-Nazi leader Gottfried Kuessel was sentenced to nine years in prison for creating...

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News Russia delays enforcement of US adoption ban law
Russia delays enforcement of US adoption ban law
Jerry Votava
January 10, 2013 02:10:31 pm

A spokesperson for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russia will delay the enforcement of the ban of the adoption of Russian children by US citizens until...

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ICC asks Libya officials to explain plans to try Gaddafi son
Daniel Mullen
January 10, 2013 01:45:35 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) asked Libyan officials Thursday to address reports that they plan to try Saif al-Islam Gaddafi , the son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi ,...

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Federal appeals court hears arguments on release of bin Laden photos
Keith Herting
January 10, 2013 12:43:33 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments Thursday on whether to release photos of the body of former al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden...

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Zimbabwe must make legal reforms for 2013 elections: HRW
Sung Un Kim
January 10, 2013 12:22:13 pm

Zimbabwe must still reform its current legislative and electoral environment before this year's elections, according to a report published Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . In the report, HRW stated that the unity government, established...

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Civil rights groups challenge New Hampshire education tax program
Brandon Gatto
January 10, 2013 12:15:31 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) on Wednesday challenged the constitutionality of a tuition tax-credit program designed to divert taxpayer money to...

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Brandon Gatto
January 10, 2013 11:43:57 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday asked the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit to reverse the terrorism conviction of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul , the media...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy. Learn more about the history of flogging in the Navy.

William the Conqueror invades England, leading to major legal and political reform

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy, France. After successfully conquering the country, William ushered in a series of political and legal reforms that still define the United Kingdom and its former colonies to this day, including, centralization of state power, a census, and the infusion of French and Latin into the language of the courts. Learn more about William the Conqueror from Project Gutenberg.

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

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