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News UN bans alleged terrorist front group suspected in Mumbai attacks
UN bans alleged terrorist front group suspected in Mumbai attacks
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 11, 2008 01:19:00 pm

The UN Security Council on Wednesday added the name of a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks to its list of entities subject...

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News US sees drop in executions, death sentences in 2008: report
US sees drop in executions, death sentences in 2008: report
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 11, 2008 12:11:00 pm

Executions in the US are at a 14-year low and the number of death sentences has dropped 60 percent since the 1990s, according to a report released Thursday by the Death Penalty Information...

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News Rights group urges end to violence in Angola province
Rights group urges end to violence in Angola province
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 05:15:00 pm

The Angolan government should stop torture and unfair trials in the province of Cabinda , according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) statement issued Wednesday. HRW alleges that at least 15 civilians...

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News Supreme Court hears Ashcroft immunity, pregnancy discrimination cases
Supreme Court hears Ashcroft immunity, pregnancy discrimination cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 04:21:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Ashcroft v. Iqbal , the Court heard arguments on whether high-ranking US officials are protected...

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News India urges UN to ban alleged terrorist front group suspected in Mumbai attacks
India urges UN to ban alleged terrorist front group suspected in Mumbai attacks
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 03:29:00 pm

The Indian government on Tuesday urged the UN Security Council to ban a Pakistani charity seen as a front for the group being blamed for the Mumbai terror attacks . Indian Minister of State...

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News Second Circuit rehears Arar rendition case
Second Circuit rehears Arar rendition case
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 02:29:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral arguments Tuesday in an en banc rehearing of Arar v. Ashcroft . Canadian citizen Maher Arar is seeking a declaratory...

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News Malaysia government releases alleged 9/11 accomplice
Malaysia government releases alleged 9/11 accomplice
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 12:38:00 pm

The Malaysian government has released six terror suspects, including Yazid Sufaat who allegedly gave assistance to the 9/11 attackers , according to a Wednesday statement from Malaysian Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar. Yazid, released last...

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News World marks 60th anniversary of international rights declaration
World marks 60th anniversary of international rights declaration
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 10:39:00 am

Tuesday marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) , and is celebrated as International Human Rights Day . The occasion will be commemorated with a number of special events at the...

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News Alleged 9/11 conspirators postpone offers to plead guilty at military commission hearing
Alleged 9/11 conspirators postpone offers to plead guilty at military commission hearing
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 10, 2008 09:43:00 am

Three out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed , the self-proclaimed architect of the 9/11 attacks , on Monday postponed their offers to plead guilty to the charges...

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News Supreme Court hears search and seizure, <i>habeas</i> cases
Supreme Court hears search and seizure, habeas cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 9, 2008 03:35:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Arizona v. Johnson , the Court heard arguments on whether the Fourth Amendment permits a...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.

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