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Romania prime minister indicted on corruption charges
Alexandra Farone
September 17, 2015 10:10:54 am

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta was indicted Thursday for forgery, complicity in tax evasion and money laundering. Four others were also indicted in the case , which will be sent to the High Court...

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Oklahoma appeals court halts execution
Alexandra Farone
September 17, 2015 09:32:17 am

The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution Wednesday for Richard Eugene Glossip, hours before he was scheduled for lethal injection. Glossip has always maintained his innocence and requested the emergency stay...

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News ICC unseals arrest warrant for 2 Kenyans accused of witness bribery
ICC unseals arrest warrant for 2 Kenyans accused of witness bribery
Alexandra Farone
September 11, 2015 09:24:48 am

The Office of the Prosecutor with the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants Thursday for Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett, two Kenyans charged with interfering with the prosecution of the Kenya Situation. As...

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September 11, 2015 08:58:39 am

A judge for the Circuit Court for Baltimore City denied defendants' request Thursday to remove the cases against the six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray out of Baltimore to another jurisdiction....

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Serbia prosecutors bring charges against Srebrenica massacre suspects
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September 10, 2015 10:13:20 am

Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The suspects are charged with war crimes ...

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Rights group sues UK for information on Syria drone strikes
Alexandra Farone
September 10, 2015 09:33:12 am

Rights Watch (UK) commenced a legal proceeding against the government on Tuesday, seeking the publication of legal advice the government claims provided justification for a Syrian drone strike that killed three, including two British citizens....

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Alexandra Farone
September 4, 2015 11:28:40 am

Five judges on the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an opinion stating that the circuit's decision to uphold the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was "clearly and...

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September 4, 2015 10:09:22 am

Syrian civilians are facing war crimes and crimes against humanity with "no end in sight," a group of UN human rights experts said Thursday. The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic ...

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UN: France soldier accused of sex abuse in Central African Republic
Alexandra Farone
September 3, 2015 10:01:38 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein announced Thursday that UN workers were informed on August 30 that a teenage girl in the Central African Republic (CAR) was allegedly sexually...

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September 3, 2015 09:28:11 am

Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina sent a letter to both the Guatemalan congress and reporters early Thursday announcing his resignation and his intention to "stand before justice." The congress has called...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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