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News Italy to extradite suspect in failed London bomb attacks
Italy to extradite suspect in failed London bomb attacks
Chris Buell
September 21, 2005 04:36:00 pm

Hamdi Issac, one of four suspects in a spate of failed bomb attacks in London on July 21, will be extradited Thursday to the UK, Italian sources reported Wednesday. The Italian high court had previously upheld a...

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News England court-martial begins; judge to allow implicating statement
England court-martial begins; judge to allow implicating statement
Chris Buell
September 21, 2005 04:14:00 pm

Court-martial proceedings against Pfc. Lynndie England , 22, one of the highest-profile but lowest-ranking suspects in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, began Wednesday in Fort Hood, Texas, with jury selection and...

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News Governors call for federal gas price gouging probe
Governors call for federal gas price gouging probe
Chris Buell
September 21, 2005 03:45:00 pm

Eight Democratic governors have called on President Bush and Congress to investigate reports of gas price gouging following Hurricane Katrina . Citing a study by a University of Wisconsin economist that concluded rising gas prices...

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News Italian refugee camp violates human rights, European lawmakers say
Italian refugee camp violates human rights, European lawmakers say
Chris Buell
September 21, 2005 03:14:00 pm

A group of European legislators have accused Italy of violating international human rights laws in its treatment of refugees after visiting a camp for asylum seekers on the island of Lampedusa . The 12 socialist MEPs said conditions...

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News Judge seals photos in Lynndie England court-martial
Judge seals photos in Lynndie England court-martial
Chris Buell
September 20, 2005 04:45:00 pm

The military judge in the court-martial of Pfc. Lynndie England for her role in the abuse of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on Tuesday barred the release of photos in her upcoming...

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Senate Democrats leader to oppose Roberts nomination
Chris Buell
September 20, 2005 04:23:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid said Tuesday that he would vote against the nomination of Judge John Roberts for Chief Justice of the United States because he had too many questions...

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US says Pope immune from clergy abuse lawsuit
Chris Buell
September 20, 2005 04:02:00 pm

The US government has argued in a court filing that Pope Benedict XVI has immunity as the head of the Vatican state and that a lawsuit against him should be dismissed. The lawsuit pending in...

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China warns of abuse of UN agreement on genocide intervention
Chris Buell
September 20, 2005 03:32:00 pm

China has warned the UN against abusing a new international right to intervene to protect those threatened by genocide or war crimes agreed to last week at a UN summit. Chinese Foreign Minister Li...

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Labor Department grants affirmative action exemption for Katrina contractors
Chris Buell
September 20, 2005 03:11:00 pm

The US Department of Labor has implemented an exemption to requirements that government contractors have a written affirmative action plan if the contractors are working with the government for the first time on reconstruction projects following Hurricane...

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Khodorkovsky appeal hearing delayed due to defense dispute
Chris Buell
September 19, 2005 12:40:00 pm

A hearing in the appeal of imprisoned oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky over his tax fraud conviction was delayed Monday due to confusion over who would lead his defense. The court hearing the appeal announced...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

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