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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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Hillary Stemple
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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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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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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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Khadr boycotts preliminary hearing over mistreatment allegations
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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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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'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'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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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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UN approved Genocide Convention

On December 9, 1948, the United Nations General Assembly approved the first world treaty criminalizing genocide. See the Convention on Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. For much more information, read Professor William Schabas' 1999 report The Genocide Convention at Fifty.

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