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News UK Supreme Court rules orders freezing assets of terror suspects unlawful
UK Supreme Court rules orders freezing assets of terror suspects unlawful
Carrie Schimizzi
January 27, 2010 01:23:00 pm

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that executive orders allowing the government to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists are illegal. The five men involved in the court's inaugural case ...

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News Bangladesh officials execute coup officers for 1975 presidential assassination
Bangladesh officials execute coup officers for 1975 presidential assassination
Carrie Schimizzi
January 27, 2010 12:00:00 pm

Bangladesh officials on Wednesday executed two of five former military officers sentenced to death for the 1975 assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman , the country's founding president, just hours after the country's Supreme Court rejected...

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News India court rejects Mumbai terror attack suspect’s request for international trial
India court rejects Mumbai terror attack suspect’s request for international trial
Carrie Schimizzi
January 25, 2010 12:14:00 pm

An Indian court on Monday rejected a request by suspected Mumbai terror attack gunman Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab to be tried in an international court. Kasab claimed he would not receive a...

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News UK PM announces increased airport security measures
UK PM announces increased airport security measures
Carrie Schimizzi
January 20, 2010 01:09:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced the country's plans for enhanced airport security measures and anti-terrorism efforts to the House of Commons on Wednesday. The new security provisions include increasing intelligence information-sharing with foreign...

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News Malaysia court postpones sodomy trial of opposition leader
Malaysia court postpones sodomy trial of opposition leader
Carrie Schimizzi
January 20, 2010 11:50:00 am

The Malaysian Federal Court on Wednesday postponed the sodomy trial of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim until February 2 pending their decision on his access to prosecution evidence. Anwar's lawyers appealed to the Federal Court...

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News Judge allows Virginia Tech wrongful death lawsuits to proceed
Judge allows Virginia Tech wrongful death lawsuits to proceed
Carrie Schimizzi
January 13, 2010 01:39:00 pm

A Virginia judge ruled Tuesday that lawsuits filed by two families whose children were killed in the 2007 Virginia Tech school shooting may proceed. Judge William Alexander of the Franklin County Circuit Court...

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News US military refers charges against captain accused of ordering Iraqi civilians killed
US military refers charges against captain accused of ordering Iraqi civilians killed
Carrie Schimizzi
January 13, 2010 12:24:00 pm

The US military referred charges Monday against Army Capt. Carl Bjork, accused by several Iraqi detainees of ordering the killings of two Iraqi civilians in 2006. The charges against Bjork include one count of reckless endangerment and two counts...

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News Supreme Court temporarily blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Supreme Court temporarily blocks YouTube broadcast of Proposition 8 trial
Carrie Schimizzi
January 11, 2010 12:01:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday temporarily blocked an order allowing delayed video coverage of the Proposition 8 trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban to be...

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News UK court issues, then revokes, arrest warrant for Israel ex-foreign minister
UK court issues, then revokes, arrest warrant for Israel ex-foreign minister
Carrie Schimizzi
December 15, 2009 11:03:00 am

A British magistrate court issued an arrest warrant Monday for Israel's opposition chairwoman on war crimes charges relating to Israel's Gaza offensive earlier this year, but withdrew the warrant after discovering she wasn't in the country....

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News Russia judges resign after criticizing lack of judicial independence
Russia judges resign after criticizing lack of judicial independence
Carrie Schimizzi
December 3, 2009 01:00:00 pm

Two justices on Russia's Constitutional Court renounced their positions Wednesday, on the recommendations of their fellow justices, after publicly criticizing the nation's lack of judicial independence. Senior justice Anatoly Kononov, whose term of office was...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US spy Nathan Hale executed in New York

US spy Nathan Hale was executed on September 22, 1776 after he was captured by British forces during the American Revolutionary War. Hale went to British-occupied New York City to gather intelligence on military operations. He was captured and executed within a month, purportedly declaring "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before his death at the age of 21. Learn more from the American Battlefield Trust.

Eight executed for witchcraft in Salem

On September 22, 1692, two men and six women were executed for witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Read more about the Salem witchcraft trials in JURIST's Famous Trials series.

Queen Victoria becomes the longest-reigning monarch in UK history

On September 22, 1896, Queen Victoria became the longest-reigning monarch in English history. One of the country's most successful rulers, Victoria oversaw the expansion of the British Empire to its greatest height of power during her reign of 63 years and 7 months. Read Victoria's speeches to the British Parliament from Archive.org.

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