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News Protest leader shot to death in Thailand
Protest leader shot to death in Thailand
Elizabeth LaForgia
January 26, 2014 02:51:29 pm

An anti-government protest leader was killed in Bangkok on Sunday. Suthin Thararin, a protest leader for the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) , was shot to death in front of the Sri Eiam Temple in Bangkok...

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News China sentences legal activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison
China sentences legal activist Xu Zhiyong to four years in prison
Bradley McAllister
January 26, 2014 02:03:27 pm

The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced legal scholar and activist Xu Zhiyong on Sunday to four years in prison on the charge of 'gathering a crowd to disturb...

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News Ukraine president promises concessions in response to spreading protests
Ukraine president promises concessions in response to spreading protests
Nicholas Tomsho
January 25, 2014 12:34:47 pm

Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych promised concessions on Friday in response to the growing unrest in the country. The concessions would include a change in Yanukovych's cabinet members, amnesty for many imprisoned protesters who have not...

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News Croatia extradites ex-spy chief to Germany
Croatia extradites ex-spy chief to Germany
Nicholas Tomsho
January 25, 2014 11:48:11 am

The Supreme Court of Croatia on Friday upheld a lower court's ruling that former Yugoslav secret service official Josip Perkovic could be extradited to Germany where he has been implicated in the 1983...

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News Texas executes Mexico national convicted of murder
Texas executes Mexico national convicted of murder
Matthew Pomy
January 25, 2014 11:03:07 am

On Wednesday, Texas executed a Mexican national who was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1994. Controversy grew after the arrest because Edgar Arias Tamayo was not notified of his rights under Vienna Convention...

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News DOJ brings fraud charges on background check firm that cleared Snowden
DOJ brings fraud charges on background check firm that cleared Snowden
Matthew Pomy
January 25, 2014 10:10:17 am

The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday filed a lawsuit alleging fraud against the background check firm, United States Investigations Services (USIS) . USIS was contracted by the DOJ to perform background checks on...

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News Poland to investigate alleged CIA secret prison following new developments
Poland to investigate alleged CIA secret prison following new developments
Samuel Franklin
January 24, 2014 03:45:54 pm

Prosecutors investigating allegations of a CIA secret prison in a Polish forest announced on Friday that they will be looking further into recent developments surrounding the so-called "black site." According to the Washington Post, two senior CIA officials were...

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News Convicted Serbian war criminals receive reduced sentences
Convicted Serbian war criminals receive reduced sentences
Samuel Franklin
January 24, 2014 02:42:25 pm

The appeals chamber for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Thursday upheld the criminal convictions of four Serbian senior officials stemming from the Bosnian Civil War , while reducing...

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News Pakistan court sentences man to death for claiming to be a prophet
Pakistan court sentences man to death for claiming to be a prophet
Matthew Pomy
January 24, 2014 11:00:17 am

A court in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced 65-year old Mohammed Asghar to death for blasphemy, convicting him of writing letters claiming to be a prophet. Asghar was convicted under Section 295-C of the Pakistani Penal Code...

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News Iraq executes eleven prisoners convicted of terrorist activity
Iraq executes eleven prisoners convicted of terrorist activity
Addison Morris
January 24, 2014 10:25:28 am

The Iraq Ministry of Justice announced on Thursday the execution by hanging of 11 Iraqi prisoners convicted of terrorist attacks against the Iraqi people. These executions come mere days after the country's execution of 26...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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