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News Judge rejects Libby memory expert testimony
Judge rejects Libby memory expert testimony
Gabriel Haboubi
November 2, 2006 07:53:00 pm

US District Judge Reggie Walton ruled Thursday against allowing the testimony of memory experts in the CIA leak trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby [defense profile; JURIST news...

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News British judge presses for speedy start to transatlantic air terror trial
British judge presses for speedy start to transatlantic air terror trial
Gabriel Haboubi
October 27, 2006 03:28:00 pm

The British judge presiding over the trial of 13 men arrested and charged in connection with the alleged terror plot to blow up US-bound jetliners over the Atlantic urged...

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News France jails Moroccan said to have ties to 9/11 hijackers
France jails Moroccan said to have ties to 9/11 hijackers
Gabriel Haboubi
October 26, 2006 07:29:00 pm

A Moroccan believed to have ties to two figures connected to the September 11 attacks was sentenced to nine years in prison Thursday after a French criminal court found him guilty of "associating with wrongdoers in...

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News Special prosecutor examines first Libby defense witness in CIA leak case
Special prosecutor examines first Libby defense witness in CIA leak case
Gabriel Haboubi
October 26, 2006 07:15:00 pm

US special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald spent approximately three hours Thursday cross-examining the first witness presented by lawyers representing former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby . The witness, psychologist...

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News Federal court rejects bid to seal unclassified files in Atlanta terror case
Federal court rejects bid to seal unclassified files in Atlanta terror case
Gabriel Haboubi
October 26, 2006 06:44:00 pm

A US federal court in Atlanta Thursday rejected a government motion to seal unclassified files in the trial of two men with alleged terrorism ties. US citizens Syed Ahmed, 21, a Georgia Tech student, and Ehsanul Sadequee, 20, an...

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News Tunisia presses enforcement of Muslim headscarf ban
Tunisia presses enforcement of Muslim headscarf ban
Gabriel Haboubi
October 20, 2006 03:56:00 pm

The Tunisian government has launched a new campaign against the public wearing of hijabs , the headscarves worn by many Muslim women in the predominantly Islamic state north African state. Police have begun stopping...

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News Release of dissident Syrian writer postponed
Release of dissident Syrian writer postponed
Gabriel Haboubi
October 20, 2006 02:51:00 pm

The National Organization for Human Rights in Syria announced Friday that the release of jailed Syrian writer and activist Michel Kilo , who was set to be released on bail Thursday, has been delayed...

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News Portugal parliament approves abortion legalization referendum
Portugal parliament approves abortion legalization referendum
Gabriel Haboubi
October 19, 2006 08:36:00 pm

Portugal's Parliament Thursday approved holding a national referendum allowing voters to decide on making abortion legal up until the 10th week of pregnancy. Current Portuguese abortion law allows the procedure up until...

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News ICRC chief says US detainee law ‘disrupts integrity’ of Geneva Conventions
ICRC chief says US detainee law ‘disrupts integrity’ of Geneva Conventions
Gabriel Haboubi
October 19, 2006 07:46:00 pm

International Committee of the Red Cross President Jakob Kellenberger said Thursday that certain provisions of the newly-signed Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) are too vague and could...

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News Three Canadians tortured in Syria seek Arar-style case review
Three Canadians tortured in Syria seek Arar-style case review
Gabriel Haboubi
October 12, 2006 07:08:00 pm

Three Canadian citizens supported by Amnesty International Canada demanded an official inquiry into their cases Thursday along the lines of that undertaken for Maher Arar to determine what role Canadian security forces played in...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Inquisition of Galileo begins

On April 12, 1633, the Roman Catholic Church began its formal inquisition of Galileo Galilei on charges of heresy. Galileo was tried by the Roman Inquisition "for holding as true the false doctrine taught by some that the sun is the center of the world" in direct contradiction to the Catholic Church's teaching that man and the Earth are the center of the Universe. Galileo was found "vehemently suspect of heresy" and sentenced to life in prison. His punishment was later commuted to house arrest. Learn more about the trial of Galileo Galilei.

President Clinton cited for contempt in Paula Jones case

On April 12, 1999, US District Judge Susan Webber Wright found President Bill Clinton in contempt of court in the Paula Jones case, concluding that the President had provided "intentionally false" evidence in that case about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Read a contemporary CNN report here.

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