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News Supreme Court to decide if leniency plea delays habeas statute of limitations
Supreme Court to decide if leniency plea delays habeas statute of limitations
Hillary Stemple
May 17, 2010 10:18:49 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in one case. In Wall v. Kholi , the court will decide whether a state court sentence-reduction motion consisting of...

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News China court upholds convictions of mining employees for stealing commercial secrets
China court upholds convictions of mining employees for stealing commercial secrets
Hillary Stemple
May 17, 2010 08:03:15 am

A Chinese appeals court on Monday upheld the convictions of three Chinese citizens convicted in March of receiving bribes and stealing commercial secrets while employed by Australian mining company Rio Tinto . The men, Wang Yong,...

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News Canada high court rules journalists lack broad right to shield confidential sources
Canada high court rules journalists lack broad right to shield confidential sources
Hillary Stemple
May 7, 2010 04:16:04 pm

The Canadian Supreme Court ruled Friday that journalists do not have an automatic right to shield their sources and that decisions on who is entitled to remain anonymous will be made on a case by...

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Turkish parliament approves constitutional reforms
Hillary Stemple
May 7, 2010 03:21:41 pm

The Turkish Grand National Assembly on Friday approved a series of constitutional amendments which had been proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . Changes in the...

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News Khadr boycotts preliminary hearing over mistreatment allegations
Khadr boycotts preliminary hearing over mistreatment allegations
Hillary Stemple
April 30, 2010 04:24:33 pm

Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday refused for the second straight day to attend preliminary hearings relating to his pending murder and terrorism charges , claiming he is...

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Khadr boycotts preliminary hearing over mistreatment allegations
Hillary Stemple
April 30, 2010 03:11:00 pm

Canadian Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr on Friday refused for the second straight day to attend preliminary hearings relating to his pending murder and terrorism charges , claiming he is...

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Germany high court rules Google images do not violate copyright laws
Hillary Stemple
April 30, 2010 03:09:29 pm

Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the use of thumbnail preview images pulled from websites by Google is not a violation of copyright law. The original lawsuit was...

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Germany high court rules Google images do not violate copyright laws
Hillary Stemple
April 30, 2010 01:04:00 pm

Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Thursday that the use of thumbnail preview images pulled from websites by Google is not a violation of copyright law. The original lawsuit was...

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Liberia considering war crimes trials for civil war violations
Hillary Stemple
April 26, 2010 09:49:40 am

Liberian Justice Minister Christiana Tah has said that a report issued by the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will be reviewed by Liberian officials in order to determine if prosecutions for possible war crimes should...

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Liberia considering war crimes trials for civil war violations
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April 26, 2010 08:17:00 am

Liberian Justice Minister Christiana Tah has said that a report issued by the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) will be reviewed by Liberian officials in order to determine if prosecutions for possible war crimes should...

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French novelist defended Dreyfus in open letter

On January 13, 1898, the French journalist and novelist Emile Zola published an open letter entitled J'accuse in defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a Jewish officer in the French army who had been dubiously convicted of spying. Learn more about the Dreyfus Affair. Sentenced to prison for libel, Zola fled to England; he was granted amnesty and returned to France, but died of carbon monoxide poisoning before Dreyfus was exonerated.

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On January 13, 1990, Lawrence Douglas Wilder was sworn in as the governor of Virginia by former US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. Wilder was the first African-American to be elected governor of a U.S. state. He would also serve as Mayor of Richmond, the state's capital city, from 2005 through 2009. Learn more about the life and career of Douglas Wilder.

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