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News State laws taking effect New Year’s  cover highway safety to social policy
State laws taking effect New Year’s cover highway safety to social policy
Dwyer Arce
December 31, 2009 02:46:00 pm

A plethora of state laws set to take effect after Friday, New Year's Day, seek to regulate everything from social policy to highway safety. Texting while driving will become illegal in Illinois, Oregon, and New Hampshire, which...

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News Pakistan may add Supreme Court seats to deal with backlog: law minister
Pakistan may add Supreme Court seats to deal with backlog: law minister
Dwyer Arce
December 26, 2009 12:03:00 pm

The Pakistani Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan said on Friday that the government was considering increasing the size of the Supreme Court of Pakistan to deal with the backlog of cases...

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News Taiwan ex-president Chen indicted for corruption in financial reform program
Taiwan ex-president Chen indicted for corruption in financial reform program
Dwyer Arce
December 25, 2009 12:20:00 pm

Former Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian was indicted Thursday along with his wife and 20 other family members and prominent business leaders on charges of corruption and money laundering in relation to Chen's financial reform...

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News Pakistan high court releases judgment on reinstatement of ousted chief justice
Pakistan high court releases judgment on reinstatement of ousted chief justice
Dwyer Arce
December 24, 2009 01:02:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday released the detailed judgment on the July 2007 decision to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry . The July 2007 ruling came in response to the suspension...

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News China court sentences 5 more to death for Xinjiang riot killings
China court sentences 5 more to death for Xinjiang riot killings
Dwyer Arce
December 3, 2009 02:15:00 pm

Five more people have been sentenced to death by a Chinese court in connection with the July Xinjiang riots , state media reported Thursday. The sentencing came in connection to the killing of a police...

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New York Senate rejects same-sex marriage legislation
Dwyer Arce
December 2, 2009 03:19:00 pm

The New York Senate rejected legislation Wednesday that would have legalized same-sex marriage . The sponsors of the bill, supported by New York Governor David Paterson , were unable to marshal the...

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News DC Council gives preliminary approval to same-sex marriage legislation
DC Council gives preliminary approval to same-sex marriage legislation
Dwyer Arce
December 2, 2009 12:00:00 pm

The Council of the District of Columbia voted Tuesday in favor of a law that would allow same-sex marriages to be performed in Washington, DC. The Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 [text,...

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News Federal appeals court rules Ohio executions can resume
Federal appeals court rules Ohio executions can resume
Dwyer Arce
November 27, 2009 10:11:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has ruled that the execution of Kenneth Biros could proceed as scheduled, overturning a stay of execution issued by the district court last month....

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News Afghanistan president vows to fight corruption in inaugural address
Afghanistan president vows to fight corruption in inaugural address
Dwyer Arce
November 19, 2009 12:01:00 pm

Afghan President Hamid Karzai pledged to fight corruption in his government during his inaugural address on Thursday. To this end, Karzai announced that he would soon be organizing a conference to research...

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Holder defends 9/11 federal trials decision before Senate committee
Dwyer Arce
November 18, 2009 02:19:00 pm

US Attorney General Eric Holder appeared Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee to answer questions regarding the decision to try five men accused of conspiring to commit the 9/11 terrorist attacks in...

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Mao Zedong widow sentenced to death in China

On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death by a special court in China. The charges stemmed primarily from Jiang's role in the Cultural Revolution. Saying "I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite," Qing unsuccessfully argued that she was merely acting at the direction of her late husband, who had died five years earlier. In 1983, Jiang's sentence was commuted to life in prison so that she would have "time to repent." Her official trial documents have still not been released.

Charles Manson and "family" convicted of Tate murders

On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women of his "family" were convicted of murder and conspiracy for the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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