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News Former Slovenia PM sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Former Slovenia PM sentenced to 2 years for corruption
Cynthia Miley
June 5, 2013 12:28:45 pm

A district court in Ljubljana on Wednesday convicted former Slovenia prime minister Janez Jansa of corruption and sentenced him to two years in prison. The trial began in September 2011 [BBC...

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News US trade commission rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
US trade commission rules for Samsung in Apple patent dispute
Cynthia Miley
June 5, 2013 11:56:07 am

The US International Trade Commission (ITC) on Tuesday issued a limited import ban and a cease-and-desist order against Apple for AT&T models of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G after finding...

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News Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Germany court opens neo-Nazi terrorism trial
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:55:45 am

Trial began in Germany Monday for Beate Zschaepe, a neo-Nazi member of the National Socialist Underground (NSU), for alleged complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek and a German policewoman in Germany between 2000 and 2007, as...

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News Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Libya Congress bans Gaddafi senior officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 6, 2013 10:39:58 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) on Sunday approved the political isolation law, which would ban anyone who worked as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi from...

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News Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Phoenix police holds gun buyback before gun resale law takes effect
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 11:15:34 am

The Phoenix, Arizona police department on Saturday held the first of three gun buyback programs in an attempt to complete the buyback before a law signed by Governor Jan Brewer ...

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Libya Congress to vote on ban of Gaddafi regime officials from new administration
Cynthia Miley
May 5, 2013 10:27:35 am

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) met Sunday to vote on a draft law that could ban anyone who worked for Muammar Gaddafi , including Libya's Prime Minister, Ali...

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Florida legislature passes bill to extend early voting
Cynthia Miley
May 4, 2013 01:10:30 pm

The Florida House and Senate both passed a bill (HB 7013) on Friday to extend the state's early voting period. The bill revises election law to allow elections supervisors to hold 14 days of early...

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News UN urges Mexico to protect human rights, reduce military policing
UN urges Mexico to protect human rights, reduce military policing
Cynthia Miley
May 4, 2013 12:10:46 pm

The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns urged Mexico's Government on Friday to increase protections for human rights , particularly reducing the need to use force and reducing the military's involvement in...

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News Musharraf’s political party calls for removal of Pakistan judge
Musharraf’s political party calls for removal of Pakistan judge
Cynthia Miley
April 21, 2013 12:08:38 pm

The All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) , the political party of former president Pervez Musharraf demanded that Islamabad High Court Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui be removed from office and...

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News Rights group: Saudi Arabia must end trial of human rights lawyer
Rights group: Saudi Arabia must end trial of human rights lawyer
Cynthia Miley
April 21, 2013 09:34:51 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday called on the Saudi government to immediately end the 18-month prosecution of human rights lawyer Walid Abu al-Khair . Abu al-Khair is known for his defense of other...

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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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