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News Supreme Court takes al-Marri detention case, employment discrimination appeal
Supreme Court takes al-Marri detention case, employment discrimination appeal
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 5, 2008 02:46:00 pm

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari Friday in two cases. In al-Marri v. Pucciarelli , the Court will decide whether the Authorization for Use of Military Force [text,...

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News Europe court rules France school could expel Muslim students for headscarves
Europe court rules France school could expel Muslim students for headscarves
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 5, 2008 01:13:00 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously ruled Thursday that there was no human rights violation when a French school expelled two students for refusing to remove their headscarves ....

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News Former Taiwan intelligence head sentenced to 10 years for corruption
Former Taiwan intelligence head sentenced to 10 years for corruption
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 5, 2008 11:20:00 am

The Taiwan Taipei District Court on Thursday sentenced former head of the Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau Yeh Sheng-mao to 10 years in prison on corruption charges. Yeh was convicted of corruption,...

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News Congressmen call on Mukasey to explain counterterrorism pardons comments
Congressmen call on Mukasey to explain counterterrorism pardons comments
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 5, 2008 10:23:00 am

Two US congressman on Thursday sent a letter to US Attorney General Michael Mukasey , calling on him to explain comments he made Wednesday about pardoning US counterterrorism officials for their controversial policies. Mukasey...

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News Iraq presidential council approves US status of forces agreement
Iraq presidential council approves US status of forces agreement
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 4, 2008 03:14:00 pm

The Iraqi presidential council on Thursday approved a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) that sets a 2011 deadline for the withdraw of US troops but also approved an additional law calling for a national referendum...

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Supreme Court hears tobacco, federal claims cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 3, 2008 03:04:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in two cases. In Philip Morris USA v. Williams , the Court considered for a third time a $79.5...

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News Cluster munitions treaty opened for signature at Norway conference
Cluster munitions treaty opened for signature at Norway conference
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 3, 2008 11:08:00 am

The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) banning the use of most such weapons was opened for signature Wednesday at a conference in Oslo, Norway. More than 100 countries adopted the convention in...

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News Russia president calls for judicial reforms to stem shift to Europe rights court
Russia president calls for judicial reforms to stem shift to Europe rights court
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 3, 2008 09:55:00 am

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday proposed that Russian courts become more transparent in order to restore faith in the justice system and prevent people from turning to the European Court...

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News Federal judge limits 2006 ruling banning road construction in national forests
Federal judge limits 2006 ruling banning road construction in national forests
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 3, 2008 08:30:00 am

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that her 2006 decision invalidating a 2005 Bush administration rule that would allow road construction and mining in national forests applies only to 10 western states....

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News Supreme Court hears EPA, Title IX cases
Supreme Court hears EPA, Title IX cases
Jaclyn Belczyk | JURIST Executive Director
December 2, 2008 04:51:00 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in two cases. In Entergy Corp. v. EPA , the Court heard arguments on whether Section 316(b) of the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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