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News France president proposes stripping citizenship from immigrants who kill police
France president proposes stripping citizenship from immigrants who kill police
Carrie Schimizzi
September 6, 2010 11:35:44 am

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday his government would proceed to draft a law that would make it easier to deport illegal immigrants and strip immigrants accused of violent crimes of...

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News Bahrain officials charge Shiite opposition leaders over alleged coup plot
Bahrain officials charge Shiite opposition leaders over alleged coup plot
Carrie Schimizzi
September 6, 2010 11:24:13 am

Prosecutors in Bahrain on Saturday charged 23 Shiite Muslims with terrorism-related offenses and conspiring to overthrow the government, claiming that they were acting under the direction of an unnamed foreign government. The suspects, who have been under...

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News Administrative law judges facing increase in violent threats: report
Administrative law judges facing increase in violent threats: report
Carrie Schimizzi
August 31, 2010 09:02:41 am

Federal judges responsible for handling Social Security disability claims and immigration hearings are petitioning for increased security measures after data released Monday shows they have been the targets of numerous threats . According to the report released...

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News Iran prosecutor reportedly suspended over detainee deaths
Iran prosecutor reportedly suspended over detainee deaths
Carrie Schimizzi
August 30, 2010 10:52:05 am

Tehran prosecutor Saeed Mortazavi has been named by multiple Iranian news sources as one of three top judicial officials who were suspended in connection with the torture deaths of three detained protesters, multiple Iranian media outlets reported ...

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News Annan questions Kenya’s ICC commitment after al-Bashir visit
Annan questions Kenya’s ICC commitment after al-Bashir visit
Carrie Schimizzi
August 30, 2010 09:47:55 am

Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan on Sunday urged Kenya to reaffirm its commitment to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after it welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [case materials; JURIST news...

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Switzerland activists move to reinstate death penalty
Carrie Schimizzi
August 24, 2010 09:08:42 am

Capital punishment advocates in Switzerland can begin collecting signatures in support of a referendum to reinstate the death penalty for those convicted of murder, the Federal Chancellery announced Tuesday....

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China considering reducing death penalty crimes
Carrie Schimizzi
August 23, 2010 10:37:44 am

A proposed amendment to China's criminal law that would reduce the number of crimes punishable by death was presented Monday to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) . The current criminal...

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News Iran judicial officials suspended over detained protester deaths
Iran judicial officials suspended over detained protester deaths
Carrie Schimizzi
August 23, 2010 09:30:52 am

A military court in Iran has ordered the suspension of three top judiciary officials in connection with last year's torture deaths of three detained protesters, the Mehr News Agency reported Monday. The three victims, Mohammad...

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News Louisiana district judge to preside over oil spill lawsuits
Louisiana district judge to preside over oil spill lawsuits
Carrie Schimizzi
August 11, 2010 07:39:04 am

The US Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation on Tuesday selected US district judge Carl Barbier to hear more than 300 lawsuits filed against British Petroleum (BP) in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil...

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UN rights group urges Malaysia to amend security laws allowing detention without trial
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June 19, 2010 12:38:15 pm

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention recommended Friday that Malaysia repeal or amend its internal security laws, which allow indefinite detainment without trial. At the end of an official visit , the group said...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Western Allies approve new Germany constitution

On May 12, 1949, the Western allied powers, the United Kingdom, United States, and France, approved the Grundgesetz (Basic Law) as the legal foundation for the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany). The document served as the constitution of West Germany during the Cold War and remains the governing law for the unified Germany today. Learn more about the legal framework of the German government from the Bundestag (Parliament of Germany).

Justice Harry A. Blackmun confirmed

On May 12, 1970, the Senate unanimously confirmed the appointment of Harry A. Blackmun to the United States Supreme Court. Justice Blackmun died in 1999, and was remembered on JURIST by several of his former law clerks. The Harry A. Blackmun Papers were released in 2004 by the Library of Congress.

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