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News Mexico to appoint special prosecutor in missing students case
Mexico to appoint special prosecutor in missing students case
Alexandra Farone
September 25, 2015 10:51:34 am

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced through his spokesperson Thursday that he will appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from Guerrero. The announcement comes...

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News Federal judge rules Fifth Amendment protects cell phone passcodes
Federal judge rules Fifth Amendment protects cell phone passcodes
William Helbling
September 25, 2015 08:50:24 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday that the Fifth Amendment protects the right of insider trading suspects to withhold the passcodes to their business cell...

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News North Carolina judge allows voter ID case to proceed
North Carolina judge allows voter ID case to proceed
William Helbling
September 25, 2015 07:50:22 am

A North Carolina Superior Court judge on Wednesday refused to dismiss a case challenging the state's new voter identification requirement. Recently, North Carolina reformed its voter ID law by creating a provision that...

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News Bolivia panel approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limts
Bolivia panel approves constitutional change to extend presidential term limts
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2015 07:17:37 am

A Bolivian legislative committee approved a bill on Tuesday to amend the constitution to extend presidential terms, allowing current President Evo Morales and his vice president to run for a fourth consecutive term in office. The president's party, Movement...

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Colombia president, FARC set deadline for peace agreement
Emelina Perez
September 25, 2015 06:41:49 am

Members of the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the Colombian government reached an agreement on Wednesday regarding punishing civil rights abuses, a move commended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon . The two...

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Interview: China tortured leading rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Ashley Hogan
September 24, 2015 02:10:41 pm

In his first interview since being released from prison to house arrest in August 2014, leading Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng told the Associated Press that he was subject to torture. Zhisheng revealed that while he was...

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Federal appeals court orders release of Sudan funds for USS Cole bombing victims
Ashley Hogan
September 24, 2015 01:14:57 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ordered the release of Sudanese funds held by New York banks to satisfy a $315 million default judgment in the USS Cole case. The...

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Cyprus high court supports impeachment of deputy AG
Alexandra Farone
September 24, 2015 09:56:51 am

The Supreme Court of Cyprus unanimously ruled Thursday that Deputy Attorney General Rikkos Erotokritou should be impeached for his inappropriate actions when he accused Attorney General Costas Clerides of bribery during...

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Egypt president pardons jailed Al Jazeera journalists
Alexandra Farone
September 24, 2015 09:31:23 am

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi pardoned two Al Jazeera journalists Wednesday who had been sentenced in late August for releasing video footage that allegedly contained false news in support of the Muslim Brotherhood ....

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Matt Belenky
September 23, 2015 02:59:28 pm

A group of UN human rights experts on Tuesday urged authorities in Saudi Arabia to block the execution of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr , who was convicted of involvement in the Arab Spring protests when he was...

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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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