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News Bosnia prosecutors indict 3 people for war crimes against Serbs
Bosnia prosecutors indict 3 people for war crimes against Serbs
Ashley Hogan
April 3, 2015 03:31:16 pm

The Prosecutor's Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday indicted three people for war crimes committed against Serb victims. The indicted, Zdenko Andabak, Muamir Jasharevic and Sead Velagic, are accused of committing crimes against humanity...

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Michigan deaf prisoners file civil rights lawsuit
Ashley Hogan
April 1, 2015 12:59:41 pm

The Michigan Protection and Advocacy Service filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of deaf and hard-of-hearing prisoners alleging that the state and prison officials had failed to adequately accommodate the prisoners' heightened communication needs....

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UN rights chief alarmed by rising civilian casualties in Yemen
Ashley Hogan
April 1, 2015 12:07:23 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein expressed concern Tuesday over the rising civilian death toll in Yemen as Saudi-led airstrikes continue. Almasirah TV reported on the latest Saudi airstrike,...

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News Egypt court decision designating Hamas as terrorist organization annulled
Egypt court decision designating Hamas as terrorist organization annulled
Ashley Hogan
March 27, 2015 02:57:39 pm

The February decision from the Cairo Court for Urgent Matters declaring the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas a terrorist organization was annulled on Friday. The initial decision was based on lawsuits [Daily...

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Khadr lawyer requests bail while appeal is processed
Ashley Hogan
March 25, 2015 01:23:25 pm

A lawyer for former Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr asked the Court of Queen's Bench in Edmonton Tuesday to release his client on bail while his US war crimes appeal is being considered. Nathan Whitling argued [Canadian...

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Indiana governor signs bill allowing terminally ill patients to access experimental drugs
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March 25, 2015 12:14:03 pm

Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed House Bill 1065 into law Tuesday to allow terminally ill patients access to experimental drugs before they have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ....

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Poland court clears soldiers of Afghanistan war crimes
Ashley Hogan
March 20, 2015 03:12:33 pm

A military court in Warsaw on Thursday cleared four Polish soldiers of war crimes violations in Afghanistan. The trial began in February 2009. The soldiers were prosecuted for violating provisions of the Geneva Conventions , which...

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Oregon, Iowa lawmakers vote to ban sexual orientation conversion therapy
Ashley Hogan
March 18, 2015 12:58:11 pm

The Oregon House on Tuesday approved House Bill 2307 , which prohibits health care professionals from providing therapy to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people. The lawmakers citde the mental and emotional...

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Chile considering new bill to end complete abortion ban
Ashley Hogan
March 18, 2015 11:52:22 am

Chilean lawmakers are considering a bill introduced on Tuesday to legalize abortions under certain circumstances. Rights groups believe the bill, which allows women to receive an abortion within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy if the mother's life is...

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Wisconsin unions file first lawsuit against new ‘right to work’ law
Ashley Hogan
March 11, 2015 12:27:42 pm

The Wisconsin AFL-CIO and two local labor unions on Tuesday filed the first lawsuit challenging the state's newly enacted "right to work" law . The International Association of Machinists Local Lodge 1061 and...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln offered amnesty to Confederates

On December 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to all citizens of the Confederacy who swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution. Because of confusion over who was to administer the oath, Lincoln issued another proclamation on March 26, 1864, empowering "any commissioned officer, civil, military, or naval in the service of the United States", as well as those persons in the territories which were "not in insurrection who were by the laws therefore qualified for administering oaths." Both Proclamations specified that military prisoners and others held for crimes against the United States were ineligible for amnesty, although Confederate deserters could volunteer to take the oath.

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