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News Afghanistan security forces arrest 5 for involvement in Pakistan school massacre
Afghanistan security forces arrest 5 for involvement in Pakistan school massacre
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 17, 2015 11:34:01 am

Afghanistan National Security Forces reported the arrest of five men on Saturday believed to have helped support the massacre that took place in December at the Army Public School in Peshawar, Pakistan. The attack further strained Afghanistan and Pakistan's...

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News UN SG commemorates Salvadoran peace accords, urges commitment to human rights
UN SG commemorates Salvadoran peace accords, urges commitment to human rights
Julie Deisher-Edwards
January 17, 2015 10:25:25 am

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined El Salvador in a ceremony Friday commemorating the twenty-third anniversary of the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords . The accords, signed on January 16, 1992, marked the conclusion of...

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News Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage
Supreme Court to rule on same-sex marriage
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
January 16, 2015 03:54:18 pm

The US Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on same-sex marriage, granting certiorari in four cases. The court consolidated appeals from Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee after the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth...

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News Apple, Google reach $415 million settlement in tech company hiring case
Apple, Google reach $415 million settlement in tech company hiring case
Emelina Perez
January 16, 2015 02:25:14 pm

Four tech companies, including Apple and Google reached a $415 million settlement Thursday in a class action lawsuit claiming the companies unlawfully agreed to reduce employee compensation and mobility. The lawsuit was filed against Apple,...

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News ACLU settles lawsuit challenging post-9/11 detentions
ACLU settles lawsuit challenging post-9/11 detentions
Ashley Hogan
January 16, 2015 02:05:10 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reached a settlement Thursday in a case against the US government challenging the constitutionality of detaining Muslim men as material witnesses without sufficient cause. The case alleged that following...

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News UN rights experts concerned over political violence in Bangladesh
UN rights experts concerned over political violence in Bangladesh
Taylor Brailey
January 16, 2015 01:29:33 pm

The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OCHCR) expressed concern on Friday regarding increasing political violence in Bangladesh. The OCHCR believes that the increase in political violence began earlier this month when the...

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News Federal judge orders Michigan to recognize 323 same-sex marriages
Federal judge orders Michigan to recognize 323 same-sex marriages
Steven Wildberger
January 16, 2015 12:44:36 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Thursday issued a preliminary order forcing the state to recognize more than 300 same-sex marriages performed on March 22, 2014. The...

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News Oklahoma executes man after Supreme Court denies stay
Oklahoma executes man after Supreme Court denies stay
Taylor Brailey
January 16, 2015 12:36:20 pm

Oklahoma executed Charles Frederick Warner on Thursday after the Supreme Court failed to grant a last minute stay . Mr. Warner was sentenced to death in 1997 for the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl....

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News Federal judge reduces maximum fine for BP oil spill
Federal judge reduces maximum fine for BP oil spill
Colleen Mallick
January 16, 2015 11:58:51 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on Thursday reduced the maximum fine that BP will face under the Clean Water Act after he ruled ...

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News ICC opens probe into war crimes in Palestinian territories
ICC opens probe into war crimes in Palestinian territories
Steven Wildberger
January 16, 2015 11:52:28 am

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday opened a probe into potential war crimes in Palestinian territories. The probe is the first step toward opening an investigation of both Palestine and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

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