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News Virginia governor commutes death row inmate sentence
Virginia governor commutes death row inmate sentence
Akira Tomlinson
April 21, 2017 03:14:20 pm

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe commuted a death row inmate's sentence on Thursday stating the conviction was flawed. Ivan Teleguz was sentenced to death for the murder of his ex-girlfriend in 2001. McAuliffe stayed the execution of...

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News FDA prevents lethal injection drug shipment to Texas
FDA prevents lethal injection drug shipment to Texas
Erik Slobe
April 21, 2017 02:44:52 pm

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized their decision on Thursday to not allow the Texas prison officials to receive a shipment of lethal injection drugs that were originally seized in July 2015....

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News HRW calls for UN investigation into LGBT rights abuses in Chechnya
HRW calls for UN investigation into LGBT rights abuses in Chechnya
Akira Tomlinson
April 21, 2017 02:07:04 pm

Human Rights Watch and other advocacy groups urged UN Secretary General on Thursday to investigate alleged abuse against LGBT people in Chechnya. According to the open letter about 100 gay and bisexual men have been detained,...

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News Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
William Theisen
April 21, 2017 02:02:42 pm

Internet services were returned to two areas of Cameroon with English-speaking populations on Friday following a three-month shutdown, according to a state-run radio report. President Paul Biya had restricted Internet services in Northwest and Southwest regions...

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News Netherlands court sentences businessman for weapons smuggling in Liberia
Netherlands court sentences businessman for weapons smuggling in Liberia
William Theisen
April 21, 2017 01:20:49 pm

Dutch timber trader Guus Kouwenhoven was sentenced to 19 years in prison by an appellate court in Den Bosch on Friday after he was found guilty of smuggling weapons into Liberia during that country's civil...

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UK Justice Ministry to isolate ‘extremist’ prisoners
Erik Slobe
April 21, 2017 01:14:50 pm

The UK Ministry of Justice announced on Friday plans to separate 28 "dangerous extremist" from the main stream prison population by placing them in one of three separation centers. Prisoners who are subject to separation are...

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News UN: more DRC refugees migrating to Angola to escape violence
UN: more DRC refugees migrating to Angola to escape violence
Elizabeth Lowman
April 21, 2017 01:04:21 pm

Spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) , Babar Baloch, said in a press release on Friday that over 11,000 refugees from the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have recently escaped to...

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News HRW: Equatorial Guinea arbitrarily arrests activists
HRW: Equatorial Guinea arbitrarily arrests activists
Elizabeth Lowman
April 21, 2017 11:47:15 am

Seven human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch , on Thursday denounced the government of Equatorial Guinea for arresting Enrique Asumu and Alfredo Okenve, activists who lead the Center for Development Studies and Initiatives (CEID) [advocacy...

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News Federal panel rules Texas redistricting plan hurts minorities
Federal panel rules Texas redistricting plan hurts minorities
Lars Peterson
April 21, 2017 11:33:13 am

A special federal judicial panel in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on Thursday ruled that the redistricting plan adopted by the Texas legislature was drawn to deliberately diminish the influence of...

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News Arkansas holds first execution in 11 years following denied Supreme Court petition
Arkansas holds first execution in 11 years following denied Supreme Court petition
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 21, 2017 10:45:13 am

The state of Arkansas on Thursday held the execution of Ledell Lee, the first in the state in 11 years. The sentence was carried out following the denial earlier that day by the US Supreme Court [official...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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