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News Federal judge allows Ohio death penalty challenge to proceed
Federal judge allows Ohio death penalty challenge to proceed
Dwyer Arce
August 29, 2010 09:18:08 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Friday denied a motion to dismiss a challenge to the constitutionality of a second execution attempt filed by death row inmate...

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News Uganda court overturns anti-sedition law
Uganda court overturns anti-sedition law
Dwyer Arce
August 25, 2010 02:35:00 pm

A panel of the Ugandan Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a law criminalizing sedition violates the guarantees of free speech and freedom of the press under the Ugandan Constitution . The law made it a...

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Yemen counter-terror methods violate human rights: AI
Dwyer Arce
August 25, 2010 01:09:57 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday criticized methods used by the government of Yemen in counter-terror operations as violations of human rights. In a report, "Yemen: Cracking Down Under Pressure," the...

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Guatemala corruption commission issues arrest warrants for former officials
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 02:33:26 pm

The International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) on Wednesday announced that it had issued arrest warrants for former government officials in relation to the extrajudicial killing of several inmates following a 2007 prison riot. The CICIG...

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News Bosnia court indicts military officers for genocide in Srebrenica massacre
Bosnia court indicts military officers for genocide in Srebrenica massacre
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 01:29:54 pm

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday confirmed that it had issued genocide charges against four former Bosnian Serb soldiers in connection with the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The indictment alleges that...

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Nicaragua high court replaces boycotting judges
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 11:10:49 am

The Supreme Court of Nicaragua on Wednesday replaced seven justices who had been boycotting sessions. The judges, affiliated with the opposition Liberal Constitutionalist Party, had been boycotting the court for 10 months following...

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China delays Tibet writer’s trial: advocacy group
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 10:44:02 am

Chinese authorities have delayed the trial of prominent Tibetan writer Tra Gyal, according to a Friday release by the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT) . According to the group, Tra Gyal has been held in Xining...

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Khadr trial suspended after opening arguments
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 09:01:44 am

The military trial of Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr was suspended Friday, following the collapse of his lawyer during opening testimony. The lawyer, Lt.-Colonel Jon Jackson, was airlifted to mainland...

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US military officer sues to prevent discharge under ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Dwyer Arce
August 13, 2010 08:56:17 am

A US military officer on Wednesday filed a lawsuit seeking to enjoin the military from discharging him under "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) . The lawsuit, filed in the US District...

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Federal judge to lift stay on California same-sex marriage
Dwyer Arce
August 12, 2010 03:16:49 pm

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday refused to issue a stay pending appeal on last week's decision overturning Proposition 8, the California ban on same-sex marriage...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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