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News Italy judge orders CIA rendition trial to resume
Italy judge orders CIA rendition trial to resume
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2008 10:55:00 am

Italian Judge Oscar Magi on Wednesday ordered the continuation of the trial of 26 Americans and several former Italian intelligence officials for the 2003 abduction and rendition of Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama...

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News Germany high court blocks data-collection law
Germany high court blocks data-collection law
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2008 09:39:00 am

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court on Wednesday placed an injunction on a federal law that gave the government the ability to access and collect Internet and telephone data. The law, which went...

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News Fiji government defends coup as legal in court hearing
Fiji government defends coup as legal in court hearing
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2008 09:26:00 am

Lawyers for the current acting Fijian government argued in court Wednesday that the December military coup was legal because Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had reserve powers that permitted the president to dismiss the government...

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News Illinois pharmacists ask state high court to overturn emergency contraception rule
Illinois pharmacists ask state high court to overturn emergency contraception rule
Brett Murphy
March 19, 2008 09:01:00 am

A lawyer representing a group of Illinois pharmacists asked the state supreme court Tuesday to strike down a 2005 emergency rule issued by Illinois Governor Rod Blogjevich which requires pharmacies to fill prescriptions for contraceptives, including emergency...

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News China rights activist put on trial for subversion
China rights activist put on trial for subversion
Brett Murphy
March 18, 2008 03:19:00 pm

The trial of Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia began Tuesday on charges of inciting subversion of state power . Hu was formally charged last month after he made public ...

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News France court orders release of ‘rogue trader’ while bank fraud probe continues
France court orders release of ‘rogue trader’ while bank fraud probe continues
Brett Murphy
March 18, 2008 02:45:00 pm

French "rogue trader" Jerome Kerviel was released from prison Tuesday after a French court ordered that he be freed while the investigation continues into fraudulent activity allegedly conducted by Kerviel while employed at French Bank Societe Generale...

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News Guantanamo lawyers ask court to restrict prosecution contact with detainees
Guantanamo lawyers ask court to restrict prosecution contact with detainees
Brett Murphy
March 18, 2008 02:23:00 pm

Lawyers for four Kuwaiti Guantanamo Bay detainees have asked the US Court of Military Commission Review to order prosecutors not to speak to detainees without the consent of their lawyers. In an emergency petition filed with the...

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Armenia parliament votes to restrict public demonstrations
Brett Murphy
March 18, 2008 12:02:00 pm

The National Assembly of Armenia voted during an emergency session Monday to place restrictions on rallies and demonstrations. By a vote of 90-6, the parliament empowered the government to ban rallies if a "trustworthy" report...

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News UN police recapture courthouse occupied by Serbian protesters
UN police recapture courthouse occupied by Serbian protesters
Brett Murphy
March 18, 2008 06:57:00 am

UN special police forces on Monday retook the UN courthouse recently occupied by Serbian protesters demonstrating against Kosovo's declaration of independence last month. The Serbian group took control of the courthouse in the northern...

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Newly sworn-in Pakistan parliament will weigh reinstatement of ousted judges
Brett Murphy
March 17, 2008 08:35:00 am

Newly elected members of the National Assembly of Pakistan took their oaths of office Monday, marking a shift in power to a new majority opposed to Pakistani President Pervez Musharaf . Though neither...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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