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Singapore AG accuses Wall Street Journal Asia of contempt of court
Christian Ehret
November 4, 2008 12:03:00 pm

The Singapore Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) on Tuesday filed an application accusing the Wall Street Journal Asia (WSJA) of undermining the independence and integrity of the country's judiciary. Citing two WSJA...

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Visa and Mastercard settle antitrust suit
Christian Ehret
October 28, 2008 12:19:00 pm

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. on Monday settled an antitrust suit with Discover Financial Services for $2.75 billion. Under the settlement, $1.8875 billion was apportioned to Visa and $862.5 million to Mastercard [press...

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News Georgia high court declares sex offender laws unconstitutional for homeless
Georgia high court declares sex offender laws unconstitutional for homeless
Christian Ehret
October 27, 2008 02:31:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Georgia ruled on Monday that current state laws regarding sex offenders are unconstitutional as applied to homeless people. The ruling was in response to the appeal of William James Santos, a...

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News Rights groups urge reform of Nigeria death penalty practices
Rights groups urge reform of Nigeria death penalty practices
Christian Ehret
October 21, 2008 12:04:00 pm

Amnesty International and the Nigerian Legal Defense and Assistance Project (LEDAP) condemned Nigeria's capital punishment practices in a joint report released Tuesday, claiming that death row inmates are being denied their rights to...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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