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News Iran executes 2 for post-election violence, 9 others sentenced to death
Iran executes 2 for post-election violence, 9 others sentenced to death
Bhargav Katikanen
January 28, 2010 10:19:00 am

Two Iranians were executed Thursday and nine others have been sentenced to death for their roles in last summer's post-election protests , according to the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) ....

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News France president calls for stronger global banking regulations
France president calls for stronger global banking regulations
Bhargav Katikanen
January 28, 2010 09:12:00 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Wednesday for strong banking regulations to restore the "moral dimensions" of capitalism. Speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in...

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News North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: report
North Korea holding 200,000 political prisoners: report
Bhargav Katikanen
January 21, 2010 10:32:00 am

The North Korean government is holding approximately 200,000 dissidents in six prison camps spread throughout the country, according to a report released Wednesday by the South Korean government's National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK)...

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News Italy senate approves trial time limit bill that could dismiss Berlusconi charges
Italy senate approves trial time limit bill that could dismiss Berlusconi charges
Bhargav Katikanen
January 21, 2010 09:11:00 am

The Italian Senate approved a bill Wednesday that aims to shorten the trial and appeals process by putting strict time limits on its duration. The legislation would limit the three...

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News Afghan parliament backs Karzai justice nominee but again rejects most others
Afghan parliament backs Karzai justice nominee but again rejects most others
Bhargav Katikanen
January 16, 2010 11:48:00 am

The Wolesi Jirga , Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament, Saturday narrowly approved Habibullah Galib as the country's new Minister of Justice but overall rejected 10 of President Hamid Karzai's 17 nominees...

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US releases names of Bagram detainees
Bhargav Katikanen
January 16, 2010 10:36:00 am

US Department of Defense officials Friday released the names of prisoners held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, in response to a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the...

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News Mongolia president suspends death penalty
Mongolia president suspends death penalty
Bhargav Katikanen
January 14, 2010 10:10:00 am

Mongolian President Elbegdorj Tsakhia announced Thursday that he would suspend the death penalty and commute the sentences of all prisoners currently on death row to 30 years in prison. In a lengthy...

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Haiti inmates escape collapsed central prison in earthquake aftermath
Bhargav Katikanen
January 14, 2010 09:04:00 am

A UN spokesperson acknowledged Wednesday that Haiti's main prison in the capital Port-au-Prince collapsed in Tuesday's earthquake, and many of the inmates have escaped. As US President Barack Obama sent thousands of troops to help with the...

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Federal judge orders DOJ to release Cheney CIA leak interview documents
Bhargav Katikanen
October 3, 2009 10:06:00 am

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ordered the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to release some files from its interview with former...

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Iran leader denies violation of nuclear agreement
Bhargav Katikanen
September 26, 2009 10:40:00 am

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Saturday denied that Iran had broken nuclear development regulations in respect to a newly-disclosed nuclear facility, insisting that the applicable disclosure rules only require notice six months before nuclear material...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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