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News San Diego diocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over clergy abuse lawsuits
San Diego diocese files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over clergy abuse lawsuits
Brett Murphy
February 28, 2007 07:24:00 am

The Catholic Diocese of San Diego filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Tuesday putting a stop to an upcoming sex abuse trial and becoming the largest US diocese to file for bankruptcy thus far. The...

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News Federal judge rejects Sudan motion to dismiss USS Cole suit
Federal judge rejects Sudan motion to dismiss USS Cole suit
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2007 02:48:00 pm

US District Judge Robert G. Doumar of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Tuesday denied a motion to dismiss filed by the government of Sudan in a lawsuit brought by families of sailors...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments in autistic child legal representation case
Supreme Court hears arguments in autistic child legal representation case
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2007 02:17:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in Winkelman v. Parma City School District , 05-983 , where the court must decide whether parents of an...

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News Mississippi grand jury fails to indict in 1955 Till murder case
Mississippi grand jury fails to indict in 1955 Till murder case
Brett Murphy
February 27, 2007 01:55:00 pm

A grand jury in Mississippi Tuesday refused to indict Carolyn Bryant on charges of manslaughter for the 1955 kidnap and murder of Emmett Till due to a lack of sufficient evidence. Carolyn is the wife of...

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News UN probe reveals high number of extra-judicial killings in Philippines
UN probe reveals high number of extra-judicial killings in Philippines
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2007 07:41:00 am

The number of extra-judicial killings in the Philippines is critically high, according to UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Philip Alston , who on Wednesday reported on his 10-day investigation into the...

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News US returns 7 more Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia
US returns 7 more Guantanamo Bay detainees to Saudi Arabia
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2007 07:28:00 am

Seven Saudis formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after US authorities granted their release earlier this week. The Saudi Press Agency reported their return, and noted that Interior Minister Prince Nayef...

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News Turkey seeks delay in Iraqi referendum on Kirkuk status
Turkey seeks delay in Iraqi referendum on Kirkuk status
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2007 07:07:00 am

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Iraq's leadership to postpone a decision on future control of the city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, citing concerns for the growth of a Kurdish insurgency...

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News Second US soldier pleads guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Second US soldier pleads guilty in Mahmudiya rape-murder case
Brett Murphy
February 21, 2007 06:51:00 am

US Army Sgt. Paul E. Cortez pleaded guilty on Tuesday to the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of her family in the Mahmudiya (also "Mahmoudiya") area last March. Cortez reached...

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News Final arguments heard in Libby trial
Final arguments heard in Libby trial
Brett Murphy
February 20, 2007 02:48:00 pm

Lawyers made their final arguments in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Tuesday, with the defense arguing that Libby was a scapegoat for presidential aide Karl Rove's disclosures. In its final remarks,...

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News Post-9/11 anti-terror case data inaccurate: DOJ audit
Post-9/11 anti-terror case data inaccurate: DOJ audit
Brett Murphy
February 20, 2007 02:01:00 pm

Federal investigators and prosecutors fudged data on the number of anti-terrorism investigations and cases for the four years after 9/11, according to an audit by US Department of Justice Inspector General Glenn A. Fine released Tuesday....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Eichmann trial begins in Israel

On April 11, 1961, the trial of former-Nazi Karl Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem, Israel. During the Holocaust, Eichmann was responsible for coordinating the deportation of Jews from Germany and occupied Europe to concentration and extermination camps in Eastern Europe. In 1961, he was captured in Argentina by Israeli commandos and brought to Jerusalem for trial. A panel of three Israel judges found Eichmann guilty on 15 counts, including crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people, and membership in an illegal organization under Israel's Nazi and Nazi Collaborators Law. He was executed by hanging on May 31, 1962. Learn more about the trial of Adolf Eichmann from the Holocaust Education & Archive Research Team.

Lyndon Johnson signed housing rights act

On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (often referred to as the Fair Housing Act), an amendment to the landmark 1964 Act prohibiting discrimination based on race, religion or national origin in the sale, rental, financing or advertising of housing.

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