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News UN rights expert urges review of prisoner treatment
UN rights expert urges review of prisoner treatment
Bradley McAllister
October 23, 2013 12:11:50 pm

UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Mendez on Tuesday encouraged governmental review of the UN Standard Minimum Rules for Treatment of Prisoners adopted in 1955, with particular emphasis on limiting solitary confinement. Mendez...

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News Federal appeals court overturns Texas voter registration ruling
Federal appeals court overturns Texas voter registration ruling
Bradley McAllister
October 4, 2013 01:25:37 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling on Thursday, upholding five provisions of the modified Texas Election Code Section 13 covering volunteer deputy registrars (VDR's). Voting...

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Dutch East India Company established

On March 20, 1602, the States-General of the Netherlands established the Dutch East India Company (VOC). The creation edict granted VOC a monopoly over Dutch colonial activities in Asia for twenty-one years. During that time, VOC became the world's first multinational company and the first to issue stock.

Read a history of the VOC and view the world's oldest share of stock, as issued by the VOC.

First woman executed by electric chair

On March 20, 1899, Martha Place, convicted of the murder of her step-daughter, became the first woman to die in the electric chair. The execution was carried out at New York's Auburn Prison.

Review The Last Stop: Women in the Electric Chair, from Court TV.

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