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News UN rights report finds violations in DR Congo
UN rights report finds violations in DR Congo
Bradley McAllister
October 16, 2014 10:03:46 am

Rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced the findings of a report on Wednesday alleging a number of summary executions and forced executions carried out against...

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News Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two procedural disputes
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in two procedural disputes
Bradley McAllister
October 16, 2014 09:10:21 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Wednesday in two cases fraught with procedural issues. In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. the court must decide whether to allow the US...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on overtime pay, juror testimony
Supreme Court hears arguments on overtime pay, juror testimony
Bradley McAllister
October 9, 2014 09:09:41 am

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Wednesday. In Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk the court is tasked with determining whether time spent by employees for after-hours screenings to guard against warehouse...

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News Supreme Court justice blocks Idaho same-sex marriage
Supreme Court justice blocks Idaho same-sex marriage
Bradley McAllister
October 8, 2014 05:47:13 pm

Justice Anthony Kennedy of the US Supreme Court on Wednesday temporarily blocked same-sex marriage in Idaho. An earlier order blocked same-sex marriage in Nevada as well, but Kennedy vacated that stay on Wednesday...

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News ICC orders status conference in Kenyatta trial for October 7 and 8
ICC orders status conference in Kenyatta trial for October 7 and 8
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2014 04:07:52 pm

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday ordered a status conference for October 7 and 8 in the case of The Prosecutor v. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta . Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta [ICC...

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News Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post
Egyptian judge involved in mass sentences of Muslim Brotherhood removed from post
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2014 02:28:15 pm

Egyptian judge Said Youssef was removed from his position on the Minya Criminal Court of Egypt on Tuesday to a seat on the civilian judicial court in Egypt. The Minya court, known...

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News Georgia judge denies death row inmate’s challenge to state intellectual disability standard
Georgia judge denies death row inmate’s challenge to state intellectual disability standard
Bradley McAllister
October 2, 2014 05:55:23 pm

A judge from Georgia's Towaliga Judicial Circuit ruled Monday that death row inmate Warren Lee Hill has failed to meet the state's requirement to prove intellectual disability beyond a reasonable doubt as a bar...

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UN report: Colombia should reconsider military jurisdiction expansion bill
Bradley McAllister
October 2, 2014 04:49:03 pm

A team of 12 independent human rights experts from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights announced Monday the contents of a letter written to the government and...

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News ICC prosecutor opens second investigation into Central African Republic war crimes
ICC prosecutor opens second investigation into Central African Republic war crimes
Bradley McAllister
September 25, 2014 10:42:59 am

The head of the Office of the Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) , Fatou Bensouda, on Wednesday announced the office will open a second investigation into the situation in the...

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News India high court rules private companies must return coal assets to government
India high court rules private companies must return coal assets to government
Bradley McAllister
September 25, 2014 09:22:21 am

The Supreme Court of India ruled Wednesday that private companies must return the vast majority of coal block assets allocated to them by the national government from 1993 to 2010, which were sold under a corrupt bidding...

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Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

Learn more about Captain Kidd.

South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

On May 23, 1788, South Carolina ratified the US Constitution, becoming the eighth American state. Learn more about the history of South Carolina.

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