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News France high court upholds Scientology fraud conviction
France high court upholds Scientology fraud conviction
Samuel Franklin
October 16, 2013 12:24:33 pm

France's highest appeals court on Wednesday upheld the 2009 fraud conviction of the Church of Scientology . The Cour de Cassation , the country's court of final appeal for civil and criminal...

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News UK top court rejects prisoner voting rights
UK top court rejects prisoner voting rights
Sung Un Kim
October 16, 2013 11:31:22 am

The Supreme Court of UK on Wednesday upheld the Representation of the People Act of 1983 , which prohibits inmates from casting votes. The challenge was brought by Peter Chester and George McGeoch,...

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News Hungary charges former Communist leader with war crimes
Hungary charges former Communist leader with war crimes
Matthew Pomy
October 16, 2013 11:17:08 am

A Budapest prosecutor on Wednesday charged Bela Biszku, former leader of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (MSZMP) , with war crimes. The charges stem from when Biszku was a member of the party's Temporary Executive Committee...

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News Khmer Rouge tribunal hears closing arguments
Khmer Rouge tribunal hears closing arguments
Matthew Pomy
October 16, 2013 10:45:28 am

The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on Wednesday began hearing closing arguments in the case against two former Khmer Rouge leaders. Nuon Chea, also known as "Brother...

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News UN rights expert concerned for indigenous people in Canada
UN rights expert concerned for indigenous people in Canada
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 16, 2013 09:34:12 am

The UN special rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya on Tuesday voiced concern over the situations of aboriginal people in Canada, concluding that the country is facing a "crisis." Information collected by Anaya...

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News AI: Nigeria must investigate detainee deaths
AI: Nigeria must investigate detainee deaths
Elizabeth LaForgia
October 16, 2013 08:24:43 am

Amnesty International on Tuesday urged the Nigerian government to investigate the deaths of hundreds of people detained by the country's military Joint Task Force (JTF). Evidence gathered by AI reveals that more than 950 people...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action, suing foreign corporations
Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action, suing foreign corporations
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
October 15, 2013 03:49:14 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in three cases Tuesday, including an affirmative action case and a case on suing foreign corporations in US courts. In Daimler AG v. Bauman [transcript, PDF; JURIST...

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News North Carolina official to begin accepting same-sex marriage licenses
North Carolina official to begin accepting same-sex marriage licenses
Cynthia Miley
October 15, 2013 03:44:39 pm

Buncombe County Register of Deeds Drew Reisinger, in Asheville, North Carolina, announced Monday he will begin accepting marriage license applications from same-sex couples and requested review of the decision from North Carolina's Attorney General [official...

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News Terror suspect in 1998 US Embassy bombings pleads not guilty
Terror suspect in 1998 US Embassy bombings pleads not guilty
Laura Klein Mullen
October 15, 2013 02:52:13 pm

Suspected terrorist Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai appeared in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on Tuesday to plead not guilty to charges that he helped plan and conduct surveillance for the bombings of...

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News Charles Taylor transferred to UK prison to serve 50-year sentence
Charles Taylor transferred to UK prison to serve 50-year sentence
Laura Klein Mullen
October 15, 2013 01:52:43 pm

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was transferred on Tuesday from The Hague to a British prison, where he will serve his 50-year sentence for war crimes. Taylor has been convicted of aiding...

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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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