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News Supreme Court refuses stay of execution in Sotomayor’s first vote as associate justice
Supreme Court refuses stay of execution in Sotomayor’s first vote as associate justice
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 18, 2009 11:48:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of death row inmate Jason Getsy. The Court also declined Getsy's petition for review. This was the first decision for newly...

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News Honduras interim government skeptical of pending OAS rights report
Honduras interim government skeptical of pending OAS rights report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 18, 2009 10:15:00 am

Honduran Interim Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Alvarado said Monday that she expects a biased report from the international panel that arrived Monday to investigate alleged human rights abuses. A delegation from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH), which...

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News DOJ indicts 3 in largest identity theft prosecution in US history
DOJ indicts 3 in largest identity theft prosecution in US history
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 18, 2009 08:40:00 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced the indictment of three men accused of perpetrating the largest hacking and identity theft case ever prosecuted in the US. Albert Gonzales and two...

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News Supreme Court orders lower court to review death row <i>habeas</i> case
Supreme Court orders lower court to review death row habeas case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 04:48:00 pm

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal court in Georgia to consider the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis . Davis had filed an original writ of...

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News Zambia ex-president acquitted of corruption charges
Zambia ex-president acquitted of corruption charges
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 03:52:00 pm

Former Zambian president Frederick Chiluba was acquitted Monday of charges stealing money from the country's treasury while in office from 1991-2001. Chiluba and two Zambian businessmen, Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu, faced a total of 12 counts...

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News Iraq cabinet approves referendum on US-Iraq troop withdrawal agreement
Iraq cabinet approves referendum on US-Iraq troop withdrawal agreement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 03:05:00 pm

The Iraqi Cabinet on Monday approved a draft bill that would require a referendum on the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) , which allows US troops to remain in the country until the end of 2011. When...

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News Rwanda genocide tribunal urged to prosecute top officers suspected of war crimes
Rwanda genocide tribunal urged to prosecute top officers suspected of war crimes
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 02:19:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) must indict and try senior Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) officers suspected of war crimes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged in a letter released Monday. HRW...

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News Rights group suing UK government over rendition of terrorism suspects to Bagram
Rights group suing UK government over rendition of terrorism suspects to Bagram
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 11:04:00 am

UK human rights group Reprieve announced Monday that it is initiating legal action against the British government over the rendition of two terrorism suspects to Afghanistan. The two men were arrested by...

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News Iraq homosexuals being targeted by militias: HRW
Iraq homosexuals being targeted by militias: HRW
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 09:32:00 am

Iraqi Shiite militia are systematically torturing and killing gay men without government repercussions, according to report released Monday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . According to the report, violence against men perceived as gay...

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News Iran begins trial of 25 more election protesters
Iran begins trial of 25 more election protesters
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
August 17, 2009 08:18:00 am

Iranian officials on Sunday began the trial of at least 25 people detained during protests following the recent contested presidential election . The defendants are accused of a range of crimes including participating in illegal...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Mexican Army kills over 400 Texas prisoners of war

The Mexican army executed more than 400 Texian prisoners of war on March 27, 1836, during the Texas Revolution, in an event that would become known as the Goliad Massacre. A decree passed in December 1835 allowed Mexican soldiers under General Antonio López de Santa Anna to shoot any foreigners in rebellion. Texian Colonel James Fannin and his men surrendered to the Mexican government under the expectation that they would be treated as prisoners of war, but they were executed regardless, engendering sympathy (and eventual support) from the neighboring United States. Learn more about the Goliad Massacre.

Khrushchev becomes USSR leader

On March 27, 1958, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev became the new Premier of the USSR, replacing Joseph Stalin as the Soviet leader. During his rise to power, Khruschev denounced crimes of the Stalinist regime and the "cult of personality" surrounding his predecessor. While in office as Soviet Premier, Khruschev oversaw some of the most famous and influential events of the Cold War: the launch of Sputnik, the Sino-Soviet split, the U-2 Spy Plan incident, and finally the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, which led to his ouster by reactionary elements the following year. The conspirators forced Khruschev's resignation on October 15, 1964 and replaced him with Leonid Brezhnev.

Read the New York Times obituary of Nikita Khrushchev.

President Andrew Johnson vetoed citizenship for slaves

On March 27, 1866, President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill that would later become the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, conferring full US citizenship on all slaves. Read President Johnson's veto letter, transmitted to the US Senate.

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