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News UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
UK drivers suing Volkswagen for compensation following emissions scandal
Lawrenz Fares
January 9, 2017 12:49:54 pm

A group of 10,000 British motorists have filed a class action lawsuit seeking compensation following Volkswagen's (VW) diesel emissions scandal. Damon Parker, the head litigator at Harcus Sinclair , the law firm handling the suit, claims...

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News Thailand considering implementing death penalty for corruption convictions
Thailand considering implementing death penalty for corruption convictions
Elizabeth Lowman
January 9, 2017 11:58:25 am

Thailand's National Reform Steering Committee, which is appointed by the military, proposed a new law on Monday stating that Thai officials convicted of corruption involving more than 1 billion baht (USD $28 million) would be eligible for the death...

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News Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in Dow Chemical’s $1 billion tax deduction claim
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in Dow Chemical’s $1 billion tax deduction claim
William Theisen
January 9, 2017 10:52:29 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in an appeal from Dow Chemical Company , rejecting the Michigan-based corporation's request to consider its $1 billion tax deduction claim. The case stems [district court...

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News UN rights expert condemns Iran for continued imprisonment of activists on hunger strike
UN rights expert condemns Iran for continued imprisonment of activists on hunger strike
William Theisen
January 9, 2017 09:47:33 am

A UN human rights expert expressed concern Monday for nine human rights activists imprisoned in Iran. Among those activists, eight are believed to be on life threatening hunger strikes, according to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human...

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News Burundi arrests six over murder of environment minister
Burundi arrests six over murder of environment minister
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 8, 2017 05:19:20 pm

The Burundi government arrested six people on Saturday in connection with the murder of the country's water, environment and planning minister, Emmanuel Niyonkuru, who was shot in the head shortly after midnight on New Year's Eve. While...

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News Kentucky lawmakers approve right-to-work law, abortion restrictions
Kentucky lawmakers approve right-to-work law, abortion restrictions
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
January 8, 2017 03:01:38 pm

The Republican-controlled Kentucky legislature passed a series of controversial bills on Saturday, including right-to-work legislation and abortion restrictions, amid massive public protests. Among other things, House Bill 1 prohibits government employees from striking and employers from forcing...

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News UN: interruption of water supply in Syria a war crime
UN: interruption of water supply in Syria a war crime
Miracle Jones
January 8, 2017 12:53:08 pm

Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council Jan Egeland on Thursday stated that the interruption of water that has left millions of Syrians without clean access to water constitutes a war crime. The secretary, who acts as...

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News Georgia appeals ruling granting in-state tuition to some immigrants
Georgia appeals ruling granting in-state tuition to some immigrants
Miracle Jones
January 8, 2017 11:55:05 am

The University System of Georgia Board of Regents on Friday appealed a ruling that gives in-state tuition to undocumented individuals who received protections under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) ....

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News Former Chad president Hissene Habre appeals life sentence
Former Chad president Hissene Habre appeals life sentence
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
January 7, 2017 06:16:58 pm

Former president of Chad Hissène Habré will begin his appeal on Monday against the life sentence and fines imposed on him this past summer by the Extraordinary African Chambers , a body created...

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News Sri Lanka panel backs hybrid courts for investigation of war crimes
Sri Lanka panel backs hybrid courts for investigation of war crimes
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
January 7, 2017 05:48:26 pm

A Sri Lankan panel of the Consultation Task Force on Reconciliation Mechanisms has recommended the appointment of a hybrid court composed of local and international judges to oversee the adjudication of allegations of war crimes committed...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Congress set minimum federal sentences for drug offenders

On November 2, 1951, President Harry Truman signed the "Boggs Act" into law, setting minimum federal sentences for drug offenders.

Read Richard J. Bonnie and Charles Whitebread, The Forbidden Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry Into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition, 56 Virginia Law Review (1970).

Balfour Declaration issued

On November 2, 1917, British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour issued the United Kingdom's formal statement regarding Jewish people in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration was later endorsed by the World War I Allied Powers. It stated the British intention to support a national homeland for Jewish people and became a cornerstone of the Zionist movement.

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