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News Kenya committee unveils new draft constitution
Kenya committee unveils new draft constitution
Jay Carmella
November 23, 2009 01:04:00 pm

The Kenyan Committee of Experts on Constitutional Review unveiled the initial Harmonized Draft Constitution last week. The changes are intended to reduce the widespread injustice throughout the country, and specifically address issues that...

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News Key ICTR witnesses threatening to boycott genocide trials after acquittals: report
Key ICTR witnesses threatening to boycott genocide trials after acquittals: report
Jay Carmella
November 21, 2009 12:56:00 pm

Groups representing key witnesses appearing before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) told Reuters Saturday that they may no longer participate in court trials following the acquittal of two suspects involved in the...

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News UN rights resolution criticizes Iran for post-election violations
UN rights resolution criticizes Iran for post-election violations
Jay Carmella
November 21, 2009 10:28:00 am

The UN Human Rights Committee Friday passed a resolution criticizing Iran for human rights violations, especially in the aftermath of the controversial reelection earlier this year of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The...

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News Second Circuit affirms civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart conviction
Second Circuit affirms civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart conviction
Jay Carmella
November 17, 2009 01:14:00 pm

A US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit panel affirmed the conviction of civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart on Tuesday, and ordered her to begin her prison sentence. Stewart,...

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News Supreme Court issues summary decision in favor of defense attorney
Supreme Court issues summary decision in favor of defense attorney
Jay Carmella
November 16, 2009 01:18:00 pm

The US Supreme Court issued a summary decision on Monday in Wong v. Belmontes , finding that a defendant's attorney was not required to present mitigating evidence that could...

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News Supreme Court to hear <i>habeas corpus</i> appeal
Supreme Court to hear habeas corpus appeal
Jay Carmella
November 16, 2009 11:06:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in Magwood v. Culliver . The court limited its grant of certiorari to the first question presented, whether "hen a...

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News Taliban inmates begin hunger strike at Kandahar prison
Taliban inmates begin hunger strike at Kandahar prison
Jay Carmella
November 10, 2009 12:54:00 pm

More than 350 Taliban inmates began a hunger strike on Sunday at the Sarposa prison in Kandahar province in Afghanistan. The protest is in response to the allegedly poor...

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News Guantanamo detainee: conditions have declined under Obama administration
Guantanamo detainee: conditions have declined under Obama administration
Jay Carmella
November 9, 2009 02:15:00 pm

A letter from a Guantanamo Bay detainee, made public Monday, alleges that conditions at the prison have worsened for detainees a year after the election of US President Barack Obama . Abdul Rahman...

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News Canada prosecutors charge second Rwanda genocide suspect under war crimes act
Canada prosecutors charge second Rwanda genocide suspect under war crimes act
Jay Carmella
November 9, 2009 12:44:00 pm

Canadian prosecutors announced Saturday that a Rwandan genocide suspect has been charged under Canada's Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act . Jacques Mungwarere, arrested Friday by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)...

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News Sierra Leone justice elected as new president of war crimes court
Sierra Leone justice elected as new president of war crimes court
Jay Carmella
November 3, 2009 12:59:00 pm

Justice Jon Kamanda was elected on Monday to a one-year term as the president of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) . Kamanda had served as a SCSL vice-president...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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