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News FBI director says financial fraud cases are limiting ability to fight other crime
FBI director says financial fraud cases are limiting ability to fight other crime
Jay Carmella
March 25, 2009 04:37:00 pm

FBI director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the rise in financial fraud investigations is limiting the ability of the FBI to fight other crimes. Mueller, speaking during the "Oversight of...

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News China court to hear first contaminated milk lawsuit
China court to hear first contaminated milk lawsuit
Jay Carmella
March 25, 2009 03:35:00 pm

The Xinhua District Court in China Wednesday accepted the first civil suit seeking damages against a dairy company in connection with the contaminated milk scandal . The lawsuit , which was brought by the family of...

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News India court begins trial of Mumbai terror attacks suspect
India court begins trial of Mumbai terror attacks suspect
Jay Carmella
March 23, 2009 09:07:00 am

The trial of the only captured gunman in the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks , Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab , began on Monday. Kasab appeared before specially appointed judge M.L. Tahiliyani at the Bombay...

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News Federal judge criticizes Senate for politicizing confirmation process
Federal judge criticizes Senate for politicizing confirmation process
Jay Carmella
March 17, 2009 09:08:00 am

Chief judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia  Royce Lamberth criticized the US Senate on Monday for politicizing the federal judicial confirmation process. Lamberth accused both political parties ...

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News EU leaders discuss Guantanamo detainee transfer details with US officials
EU leaders discuss Guantanamo detainee transfer details with US officials
Jay Carmella
March 17, 2009 08:17:00 am

Top officials from the Obama administration met with leaders from the European Union (EU) Monday to discuss plans to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay to European countries. US Attorney General Eric...

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US detaining record number of immigrants: report
Jay Carmella
March 16, 2009 08:14:00 am

The number of immigrants detained by the US has drastically increased over the last decade, according to an AP report issued Sunday. A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) database, obtain by the...

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New York appeals court rules parents have no right to dead son’s semen
Jay Carmella
March 4, 2009 09:14:00 am

The New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled Tuesday that the parents of a 23 year-old, who donated semen prior to his death from cancer in 1998, were not entitled to possession of the...

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Zimbabwe AG appeals bail order for opposition cabinet nominee
Jay Carmella
March 4, 2009 08:11:00 am

The Zimbabwean attorney general's office on Wednesday appealed to the nation's Supreme Court a Tuesday High Court ruling ordering the release of Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party treasurer general and cabinet member-designate Roy Bennett [JURIST news...

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Cambodia war crimes court unable to pay employees due to donation shortfall
Jay Carmella
March 2, 2009 08:08:00 am

A judge from the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) announced on Monday that the ECCC's Cambodian employees will not be paid in March. The UN-backed tribunal is staffed by both local...

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Federal judge pleads guilty in sexual abuse case
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February 24, 2009 09:11:00 am

US District Judge Samuel Kent pleaded guilty on Monday to obstruction of justice charges in connection with the alleged sexual harassment of his secretary and former case manager. The plea agreement included an admission that the sexual...

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Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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