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News New Jersey high court rejects medical duty to say  embryo is ‘existing human being’
New Jersey high court rejects medical duty to say embryo is ‘existing human being’
Caitlin Price
September 12, 2007 03:01:00 pm

The New Jersey Supreme Court Wednesday ruled 5-0 that New Jersey doctors do not have a duty to inform abortion-seeking patients that an embryo is an "existing human being." The court declined to...

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News Ninth Circuit rejects California bid to avoid federal supervision of prisons
Ninth Circuit rejects California bid to avoid federal supervision of prisons
Caitlin Price
September 12, 2007 02:04:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Tuesday rejected an appeal by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger of rulings creating a federal panel to supervise California's overcrowded prison system [JURIST...

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News Detained Iranian-American to be freed from Tehran prison ‘within days’
Detained Iranian-American to be freed from Tehran prison ‘within days’
Caitlin Price
September 11, 2007 04:11:00 pm

Detained Iranian-American consultant Dr. Kian Tajbakhsh is expected to be released from a Tehran prison "within the next few days," according to comments from Tajbakhsh and those of an Iranian spokesman talking to...

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News Time magazine to appeal $106M damages award in Suharto defamation suit
Time magazine to appeal $106M damages award in Suharto defamation suit
Caitlin Price
September 11, 2007 03:43:00 pm

Time magazine announced Tuesday that it plans to appeal an August 30 decision by the Supreme Court of Indonesia awarding former Indonesian President Haji Mohammad Suharto $106 million in damages...

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News New Orleans nursing home owners not charged in Katrina drowning deaths
New Orleans nursing home owners not charged in Katrina drowning deaths
Caitlin Price
September 11, 2007 03:06:00 pm

New Orleans District Attorney Eddie Jordan declined Monday to file criminal charges against a local nursing home for the death of 19 elderly residents during post-Hurricane Katrina flooding. During the hurricane, nuns from the...

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News Australia government appeals Haneef visa reinstatement
Australia government appeals Haneef visa reinstatement
Caitlin Price
September 5, 2007 04:26:00 pm

An Australian government solicitor Wednesday filed an appeal contesting last month's Federal Court of Australia decision to reinstate the work visa of Dr. Mohammad Haneef , who was detained by Australian authorities...

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News Boston ‘Big Dig’ epoxy supplier pleads not guilty in ceiling collapse
Boston ‘Big Dig’ epoxy supplier pleads not guilty in ceiling collapse
Caitlin Price
September 5, 2007 03:58:00 pm

An anchoring and fastening product manufacturer pleaded not guilty Wednesday to criminal charges stemming from the July 10, 2006 ceiling panel collapse in Boston's $15 billion Big Dig tunnel project that killed one person....

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News Israel inheritance law draft drops anti-gay language
Israel inheritance law draft drops anti-gay language
Caitlin Price
September 5, 2007 03:13:00 pm

Israel's justice minister has dropped language from a proposed amendment to the nation's inheritance law that would define common law marriage to be between a man and a woman, according to a statement made to the Association for Civil...

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News Russia names new lead prosecutor in Politkovskaya killing probe
Russia names new lead prosecutor in Politkovskaya killing probe
Caitlin Price
September 4, 2007 03:41:00 pm

Russia has appointed a new lead prosecutor to investigate the October 2006 killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya , according to a statement from the Prosecutor General's office Tuesday....

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News DC formally appeals handgun ban ruling to Supreme Court
DC formally appeals handgun ban ruling to Supreme Court
Caitlin Price
September 4, 2007 02:53:00 pm

Washington DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and DC Attorney General Linda Singer Tuesday formally appealed a March federal court ruling invalidating the District of Columbia's handgun ban to the US Supreme Court, setting the stage...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

France and Spain sign treaty with UK in American Revolution

On January 20, 1783, Great Britain signed the Declarations for Suspension of Arms and Cessation of Hostilities with France and Spain, ending European hostilities in the American Revolutionary War.

John Marshall nominated as Chief Justice of the United States

On January 20, 1801, outgoing President John Adams nominated John Marshall to be Chief Justice of the United States. Learn more about the life of John Marshall

Charles I put on trial during English Civil War

King Charles I of England and Scotland was put on trial for treason by the specially established High Court of Justice on January 20, 1649 amid the English Civil War between supporters of Parliament and the Crown. While the Roundheads (Parliament supporters) accused Charles of being a tyrant, the king questioned the authority of the court to bring him to trial. Ultimately, the court convicted Charles, and the king was executed on January 30, 1649. Read Charles' words spoken in his defense.

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