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Tribunal orders India to suspend trial of Italy marines
Brittany Felder
August 24, 2015 09:50:36 am

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) on Monday ordered India to suspend the trial of two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen in 2012. The tribunal claimed jurisdiction over...

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Greece relocates migrants living in tent city
Brittany Felder
August 18, 2015 02:13:39 pm

Migrants who set up a tent city in Athens, Greece have begun being relocated, said Greek authorities on Sunday. Many migrants coming from Afghanistan, Syria, and other countries migrated to the country to escape violence and with more than...

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Egypt passes sweeping anti-terrorism legislation
Brittany Felder
August 18, 2015 08:54:41 am

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday approved a 54-article counter-terrorism law which has been met with significant controversy as many believe it to be an infringement on freedom of the press. Many have said that the...

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Former Virginia Governor: will appeal public corruption conviction
Brittany Felder
August 12, 2015 09:59:17 am

An attorney for former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell on Tuesday said he will appeal his public corruption convictions to the US Supreme Court after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ...

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Greece provisionally accepts bailout agreement
Brittany Felder
August 12, 2015 09:05:45 am

Greece agreed to the main terms of a draft bill for a bailout on Tuesday that would provide about $95 billion to the country. There are many provisions in the bill some describe as...

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Scotland government bans GM crops
Brittany Felder
August 11, 2015 02:59:35 pm

Scotland banned the growing of Genetically Modified (GM) crops in an effort to preserve its "clean, green status" announced Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead on Sunday. The government seeks to use the recent European Union...

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Burundi human rights activist latest injured in attacks
Brittany Felder
August 4, 2015 12:03:18 pm

A Burundi human rights activist, Pierre Claver Mbonimpa, was shot and severely wounded by motorcyclists while in his vehicle on Monday. Pierre Claver Mbonimpa is the head of the Association for the Protection of Human Rights and Detained Persons...

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Former military contractor sentenced for stealing classified files
Brittany Felder
August 4, 2015 10:29:14 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Monday sentenced Christopher R. Glenn 120 months in jail and three years of supervised release for willful retention of classified national defense information...

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US, Turkey outline plan for Syria refugee ‘safe zone’
Brittany Felder
July 28, 2015 12:49:24 pm

The US State Department said Monday that the US and Turkey have agreed to establish a 'safe zone' for Syrian refugees fleeing the Islamic State (IS) by. The State Department's spokesperson, John...

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State Department upgrades Cuba, Malaysia in annual human trafficking report
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July 28, 2015 11:27:55 am

The US State Department on Monday released released the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) . The report upgraded Malaysia and Cuba from the "Tier 3 Watch List" , as countries not...

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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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