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News DOJ report: federal law enforcement resources concentrated on immigration arrests
DOJ report: federal law enforcement resources concentrated on immigration arrests
Clarissa Sarmiento
March 23, 2017 03:53:32 pm

The US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) on Thursday released a report finding that a significant portion of federal law enforcement resources were directed to immigration-related offenses. The analysis showed that half of all federal...

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News Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
Ontario appeals court: reporter must turn over communications with accused terrorist
Taylor Isaac
March 23, 2017 03:52:27 pm

The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Wednesday affirmed a ruling requiring a Vice Media reporter to turn over materials and communications used to write three stories regarding an accused terrorist in 2014. Ben Makuch...

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News Scotland parliament reschedules referendum debate for next week
Scotland parliament reschedules referendum debate for next week
Alexis Wheeler
March 23, 2017 03:06:29 pm

The Scottish parliament on Thursday rescheduled a vote on a new independence referendum for next week following Wednesday's terror attack at the United Kingdom parliament in London. The proposed referendum was under debate when the attack...

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News House Oversight Committee raises concerns over FBI facial recognition technology
House Oversight Committee raises concerns over FBI facial recognition technology
Jonathon Churchin
March 23, 2017 02:28:49 pm

Members of the US House Oversight Committee questioned FBI officials Wednesday on facial recognition technology during a hearing . The criticism was based on a report that 117 million Americans can be found on the governmental facial...

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News Federal judge blocks Louisiana marriage law
Federal judge blocks Louisiana marriage law
Alexis Wheeler
March 23, 2017 02:03:21 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana blocked a law Wednesday that would prevent foreign-born US citizens from marrying. The legislation at issue required a birth certificate to obtain...

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ExxonMobil ordered to cooperate with subpoena in climate change investigation
Taylor Isaac
March 23, 2017 01:52:29 pm

A New York judge on Wednesday ordered ExxonMobil to cooperate with a New York investigation into whether the company misled others about the effects of climate change. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had issued previous...

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UK Supreme Court rejects JPMorgan executive’s wrongful identification claim
Rachel Gerber
March 23, 2017 01:34:59 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) did not misidentify former JPMorgan official Achilles Macris in its penalty notice in connection with the "London Whale" Scandal. The...

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Kentucky abortion law faces first legal challenge
Jonathon Churchin
March 23, 2017 01:19:43 pm

Kentucky's HB 2 , which requires doctors to perform an ultrasound before an abortion, faced its first legal challenge in federal court Thursday. HB 2 requires doctors to perform an ultrasound and show their patients pictures, explaining...

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News UN rights chief urges international participation in Sri Lanka war crimes probe
UN rights chief urges international participation in Sri Lanka war crimes probe
Aaron Christenson
March 23, 2017 12:23:26 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein presented his report on Sri Lanka to the UN Human Rights Council on Wednesday, stating that much work remains to make Sri Lanka's judiciary conform with...

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Former Congo VP sentenced to additional year in prison
Jennifer Suder
March 23, 2017 11:45:57 am

Former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, was sentenced on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to an additional year in prison and fined approximately $325,000 for interfering...

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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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