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News Italy lower house approves bill protecting Berlusconi from prosecution
Italy lower house approves bill protecting Berlusconi from prosecution
Daniel Makosky
February 4, 2010 12:06:00 pm

The Italian Chamber of Deputies approved a bill Wednesday that would allow cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , to postpone criminal proceedings against them on the...

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News ICC prosecutor expects genocide charge against al-Bashir
ICC prosecutor expects genocide charge against al-Bashir
Daniel Makosky
January 29, 2010 09:19:00 am

Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo said Thursday that he believes the ICC's appeals chamber will add a genocide charge to the case against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir [BBC...

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News Obama chides Supreme Court again in State of the Union speech
Obama chides Supreme Court again in State of the Union speech
Daniel Makosky
January 28, 2010 12:21:00 pm

US President Barack Obama sharply criticized the Supreme Court's recent decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which eased restrictions on political campaign spending by corporations and labor unions, in his State of the Union Address...

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News Hawaii Senate approves same-sex civil unions
Hawaii Senate approves same-sex civil unions
Daniel Makosky
January 23, 2010 12:15:00 pm

The Hawaii Senate voted 18-7 Friday in favor of legislation allowing same-sex civil unions . The act would confer upon homosexual and heterosexual couples rights and benefits equal to those afforded married couples...

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News Obama approves tax benefit for Haiti earthquake relief
Obama approves tax benefit for Haiti earthquake relief
Daniel Makosky
January 23, 2010 10:50:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Friday signed a bill that will allow Americans to claim contributions made to Haitian earthquake relief efforts as a deduction on their 2009 federal income tax returns....

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News California Supreme Court rejects medical marijuana limits
California Supreme Court rejects medical marijuana limits
Daniel Makosky
January 22, 2010 09:46:00 am

The California Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously overturned a 2003 law limiting the amount of marijuana that may be possessed under the state's Medical Marijuana Program (MMP) . The court ruled that Health...

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News Zimbabwe constitution project suspended indefinitely
Zimbabwe constitution project suspended indefinitely
Daniel Makosky
January 22, 2010 08:23:00 am

Zimbabwean state-run media on Thursday announced the suspension of governmental efforts to collect public opinions on a new constitution for the country. Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, co-chairman of the committee charged with drafting the document, cited financial and...

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News France police arrest Rwandan genocide suspect
France police arrest Rwandan genocide suspect
Daniel Makosky
January 21, 2010 12:20:00 pm

French police on Wednesday arrested alleged war criminal Sosthene Munyemana in Bordeaux, acting on a Rwandan extradition warrant. Munyemana, a Rwandan doctor who has worked in a French hospital for eight years, is accused of war crimes ...

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News DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
DOJ indicts 4 for 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Denmark plot
Daniel Makosky
January 15, 2010 09:05:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday that four men have been charged in connection with the November 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, India and an attempted attack...

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News Ukraine court finds Soviet leaders responsible for 1930s Holodomor famine
Ukraine court finds Soviet leaders responsible for 1930s Holodomor famine
Daniel Makosky
January 15, 2010 06:39:00 am

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced on Thursday the conviction of seven former Soviet officials, including Joseph Stalin , on genocide charges stemming from the 1932-1933 Holodomor famine . The court of...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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