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News UN rights expert: CAR must act to protect citizens
UN rights expert: CAR must act to protect citizens
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 21, 2017 08:51:12 am

A UN human rights expert warned Tuesday that the Central African Republic (CAR) "must act now" to protect its population and implement justice. According to Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the expert on human rights for the CAR,...

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News Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Britain charges Barclays and top executives with fraud and conspiracy
Autumn Callan
June 21, 2017 07:52:27 am

Britain's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) charged Barclays and four of its former executives on Tuesday with conspiracy to commit fraud and violation of the Companies Act of 1985 by providing unlawful financial assistance. The...

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News Georgia top court bars doctors from suing state over abortion law
Georgia top court bars doctors from suing state over abortion law
William Theisen
June 20, 2017 11:04:36 am

The Supreme Court of Georgia issued a landmark ruling Monday, holding that the state is immune from litigation unless it consents to being sued, rejecting a challenge to a 20-week abortion ban. Justice Blackwell ...

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News Europe rights court rules Russia ‘gay propaganda law’ discriminatory
Europe rights court rules Russia ‘gay propaganda law’ discriminatory
Autumn Callan
June 20, 2017 10:57:51 am

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that a Russian law prohibiting the promotion of homosexuality is discriminatory and violates the European Convention on Human Rights . The suit was brought by three...

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News Supreme Court ruling in capital case mandates psychiatric assistance for indigent defendants
Supreme Court ruling in capital case mandates psychiatric assistance for indigent defendants
William Theisen
June 20, 2017 10:19:11 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Monday in favor of a man who has been sentenced to death in Alabama, holding that he had not received "the psychiatric examination and assistance necessary to prepare an...

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News UN rights experts urge reforms to address violations in The Gambia
UN rights experts urge reforms to address violations in The Gambia
Lindsay Offutt
June 20, 2017 09:40:35 am

The UNWorking Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (UNWGEID) reported on Monday that The Gambia is experiencing "encouraging signs in moves to shed light on past human rights violations." In addressing the recurring enforced disappearances of many...

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News Supreme Court reverses Sixth Circuit in criminal case
Supreme Court reverses Sixth Circuit in criminal case
Lindsay Offutt
June 20, 2017 08:42:46 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday reversed a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, finding that the circuit court did not have authority to review the trial court's decision where the...

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News Federal judge rules cross in Florida park unconstitutional
Federal judge rules cross in Florida park unconstitutional
Autumn Callan
June 20, 2017 07:44:00 am

A judge for the US District Court of the Northern District of Florida ruled Monday that a large cross erected in a Pensacola park is in violation of the First Amendment , specifically the Establishment Clause....

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
Autumn Callan
June 19, 2017 02:57:36 pm

The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review Gill v. Whitford , a partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. The state is appealing the decision of a three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District...

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News Supreme Court rules California courts lack jurisidction in pharmaceutical mass action case
Supreme Court rules California courts lack jurisidction in pharmaceutical mass action case
Autumn Callan
June 19, 2017 01:43:44 pm

The US Supreme Court held on Monday that California courts lack specific jurisdiction to hear the claims brought against Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMS) . BMS manufactures and sells Plavix, a prescription drug that prevents blood...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Knights Templar arrested in France on false charges

French members of the Crusade-era chivalric order the Knights Templar, including Grand Master Jacques de Molay, were arrested upon the orders of King Phillip IV of France on October 13, 1307. The group was baselessly accused of multiple offenses, including idolatry and homosexual acts. The Templars would be tried for these offenses before being disbanded officially by Pope Clement V in 1312. Learn more about the Knights Templar.

Rosenbergs' espionage appeal denied by Supreme Court

On October 13, 1952, the US Supreme Court announced that it had declined to grant certiorari in the appeal of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, condemned to death for conspiracy to commit atomic espionage for the Soviet Union. Justice William O. Douglas eventually granted a stay of execution on June 17, 1953, but that order was vacated by the full Court and the Rosenbergs were executed on June 19, 1953. Learn more about the Rosenbergs' case from the Eisenhower Presidential Library.

Greenwich Mean Time established as universal standard

On October 13, 1884, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) was declared universal time by the International Meridian Conference, a gathering of 25 nations from around the globe.
Read the proceedings of the International Meridian Conference from Project Gutenberg.

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