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News UN rights expert: CAR must act to protect citizens
UN rights expert: CAR must act to protect citizens
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 21, 2017 08:51:12 am

A UN human rights expert warned Tuesday that the Central African Republic (CAR) "must act now" to protect its population and implement justice. According to Marie-Thérèse Keita Bocoum, the expert on human rights for the CAR,...

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News India special administrative court finds six guilty of 1993 Mumbai bombings
India special administrative court finds six guilty of 1993 Mumbai bombings
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 17, 2017 06:40:00 pm

A special anti-terrorism court in Mumbai, India found six men guilty yesterday for the 1993 terrorist bombings in Mumbai , then called Bombay, where almost 300 people were killed and hundreds more were injured. The special...

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News Amnesty criticizes investigation into Nigeria military human rights abuses
Amnesty criticizes investigation into Nigeria military human rights abuses
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 17, 2017 05:52:59 pm

Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday called on the government of Nigeria to conduct an investigation into the actions of the military that occurred during and throughout the conflict with Boko Haram. AI issued a comprehensive report...

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News UK Supreme Court rules ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy unlawful
UK Supreme Court rules ‘deport first, appeal later’ policy unlawful
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 15, 2017 10:45:06 am

The UK Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government's policy of deporting foreign nationals who have committed crimes before their appeals are heard is unlawful. Section 3(5)(a) of the 1971 Act provides that a person who...

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News Michigan AG charges five more in Flint water scandal
Michigan AG charges five more in Flint water scandal
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
June 15, 2017 09:29:51 am

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced charges Wednesday against five former Flint officials for their part in the Flint water crisis. Schuette charged Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon, former Flint Emergency...

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News Maine Supreme Court finds ranked-candidate voting law unconstitutional
Maine Supreme Court finds ranked-candidate voting law unconstitutional
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 26, 2017 08:17:50 am

The Maine Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the state's newly enacted legislation providing for a ranked-choice voting system conflicted with the state's constitution . The issue came before the court when the State Senate submitted a...

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News DOJ files civil suit against Fiat-Chrysler for emissions tampering devices
DOJ files civil suit against Fiat-Chrysler for emissions tampering devices
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 26, 2017 07:04:50 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil complaint on Tuesday against Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles NV alleging that the company illegally used computer software to bypass emissions tests in nearly 104,000 of the company's diesel cars....

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News Supreme Court agrees to hear patent case on inter partes review
Supreme Court agrees to hear patent case on inter partes review
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 24, 2017 08:30:31 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Monday in SAS Institute Inc. v. Lee on whether third parties can petition the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to re-review issued claims and, if...

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News Supreme Court rules on ‘residence’ in patent cases
Supreme Court rules on ‘residence’ in patent cases
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 24, 2017 07:56:13 am

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC on what constitutes "residence" in the context of patent cases. The issue before the court was whether 28...

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News Brazil top court authorizes corruption probe into president Temer
Brazil top court authorizes corruption probe into president Temer
Gwenyth Gamble Jarvi
May 19, 2017 08:44:35 am

The Brazilian Supreme Court on Thursday authorized a corruption probe into President Michel Temer and his alleged involvement with the bribery of a potential witness in a major corruption case. Local news sources have cited the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi SS and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps. Read a biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted anti-Vietnam War bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution. Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts.

Trial of Marquess of Queensberry begins, leading to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde

On April 2, 1895, the libel trial of the Marquess of Queensberry began on allegations that he called Oscar Wilde a "posing somdomite [sic]". The trial led to the disclosure of details of Wilde's personal life that eventually resulted in his imprisonment for homosexuality. Read about the trials of Oscar Wilde.

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