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News Russian prosecutors open probe into Beslan victims group accused of ‘extremism’
Russian prosecutors open probe into Beslan victims group accused of ‘extremism’
Eric Firkel
January 11, 2008 04:09:00 pm

Russian prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into a survivor organization formed after the 2004 Beslan school siege , according to the organization's chairwoman, quoted by AP Friday. The Voice of Beslan [advocacy website, in...

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News Federal jury convicts former Muslim charity leaders for hiding terror links
Federal jury convicts former Muslim charity leaders for hiding terror links
Eric Firkel
January 11, 2008 03:14:00 pm

A federal jury in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts Friday convicted three former leaders of defunct Muslim charity Care International Inc. (not to be confused with CARE ) were convicted Friday of...

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News Bhutto husband repeats call for Hariri-style UN probe into assassination
Bhutto husband repeats call for Hariri-style UN probe into assassination
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2008 05:38:00 pm

Asif Ali Zardari , the husband of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto , called again Saturday for a UN-led international investigation into the circumstances surrounding his wife's assassination . This is...

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News UN report finds DRC rights violations during 2007 post-election violence
UN report finds DRC rights violations during 2007 post-election violence
Eric Firkel
January 5, 2008 04:20:00 pm

UN rights investigators with the United Nations Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHRO) have documented serious human rights violations committed in the DRC following post-electoral violence in the capital Kinshasa in March 2007, including...

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News French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Chad ‘Darfur orphans’ case
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 04:42:00 pm

Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor Wednesday after being convicted in a Chadian court for attempting to kidnap 103 African children . The six, affiliated with the Zoe's Ark charity,...

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Serbia war crimes prosecutor says Mladic hiding in Serbia
Eric Firkel
December 26, 2007 03:40:00 pm

Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladmir Vukcevic said Wednesday that fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic is in Serbia, and that authorities are closing in on him. Vukevic's comments are the first acknowledgement by a...

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News Chicago to settle lawsuits over alleged police torture in 1970s, 80s
Chicago to settle lawsuits over alleged police torture in 1970s, 80s
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 05:03:00 pm

The City of Chicago is willing to pay $20 million to settle lawsuits filed by four former death row inmates who claim to have been tortured by Chicago Police officers during interrogations before being wrongly...

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News US Marine sergeant re-charged with Fallujah detainee murder
US Marine sergeant re-charged with Fallujah detainee murder
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 04:33:00 pm

US Marine Sgt. Jermaine A. Nelson was charged Friday with the November 2004 murder of an Iraqi detainee in Fallujah . This is the second time Nelson has been charged with the murder. The original charges against...

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Federal judge upholds Arizona immigration law
Eric Firkel
December 8, 2007 03:26:00 pm

A federal judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a new Arizona law aimed at preventing employers from knowingly hiring illegal immigrants . The Legal Arizona Workers Act , enacted in...

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Bush administration invoking secrecy defense to avoid Abramoff files release
Eric Firkel
December 2, 2007 09:25:00 am

The Bush administration is invoking a secrecy defense known as Glomarization to avoid disclosing hundreds of documents concerning White House visits by former lobbyist Jack Abramoff , according to AP citing court papers filed Friday....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Supreme Court ruled on Chinese Exclusion Act

On March 28, 1898, the US Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the US to Chinese immigrants was a US citizen and could not be deported under the terms of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Read US v. Wong Kim Ark and learn more about the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Thomas Hare born

On March 28, 1808, English jurist Thomas Hare was born in the United Kingdom. After being admitted to the Bar in 1833, Hare became a campaigner for electoral reform. He created the Single Transferable Vote (STV) system of proportional representation used in many democratic countries today. He was also an early law reporter, recording important judicial decisions in The Hare Law Reports before there was any official reporting of legal opinions in the UK. Read a biography of Thomas Hare and a description of the STV system from the Electoral Reform Society.

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