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News UN urges death penalty moratorium in US
UN urges death penalty moratorium in US
Jaimie Cremeans
May 4, 2014 01:06:25 pm

UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) spokesperson Rupert Colville issued a statement on Friday urging the US to impose a moratorium on the use of the death penalty following...

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News Guantanamo prosecutor fights release of classified information to defense
Guantanamo prosecutor fights release of classified information to defense
Jaimie Cremeans
May 4, 2014 11:12:46 am

Chief Prosecutor Brig. Gen. Mark S. Martins of the war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay filed a motion , which was made public on Monday, asking the court to reconsider an...

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News Morsi referred to third trial by Egypt prosecutors
Morsi referred to third trial by Egypt prosecutors
Jaimie Cremeans
December 21, 2013 03:19:41 pm

Egyptian prosecutors on Saturday referred former President Mohamed Morsi to trial for charges of organizing a 2011 prison break, spreading chaos and abducting policemen in the country. The trial for these charges will be...

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News Federal judge strikes down Utah ban on same-sex marriage
Federal judge strikes down Utah ban on same-sex marriage
Jaimie Cremeans
December 21, 2013 02:42:47 pm

US District Court for the District of Utah on Friday ruled that Utah's constitutional and statutory bans on same-sex marriage violate due process and equal protection guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the...

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News EU high court rules same-sex couples entitled to same benefits as married couples
EU high court rules same-sex couples entitled to same benefits as married couples
Jaimie Cremeans
December 13, 2013 11:42:52 am

The EU Court of Justice ruled Thursday that in countries in which same-sex couples cannot legally marry, same-sex couples in a legal union are entitled to the same legal benefits as married couples. The...

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UN finds more evidence of chemical weapons used in Syria
Jaimie Cremeans
December 13, 2013 10:22:19 am

The UN team investigating the use of chemical weapons in Syria reported on Thursday that it has found credible evidence that chemical weapons have been used on numerous occasions throughout the Syrian Civil War . The...

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News Guantanamo guards allowed to continue detainee genital searches
Guantanamo guards allowed to continue detainee genital searches
Jaimie Cremeans
July 18, 2013 08:35:43 am

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Wednesday granted the US government's motion for a temporary delay in enforcement of a court order banning genital searches at Guantanamo Bay . The searches...

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News Federal appeals court rules plaintiffs lack standing to challenge anti-terrorism law
Federal appeals court rules plaintiffs lack standing to challenge anti-terrorism law
Jaimie Cremeans
July 18, 2013 07:47:48 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday ruled that plaintiffs who were challenging an anti-terrorism law on grounds that it could stifle freedom of the press lacked standing to challenge the...

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News Georgia court delays Warren Hill execution
Georgia court delays Warren Hill execution
Jaimie Cremeans
July 16, 2013 07:16:11 am

A judge for Georgia's Fulton County Superior Court on Monday stayed the execution of death row inmate Warren Lee Hill , which was scheduled for 7:00 PM that night. Hill's attorney, Brian Kammer, issued a...

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News Egypt high court revokes sentence against former PM Ahmed Nazif
Egypt high court revokes sentence against former PM Ahmed Nazif
Jaimie Cremeans
June 14, 2013 10:14:11 am

Egypt's Court of Cassation , its highest court, on Thursday overturned the jail sentence of former prime minister Ahmed Nazif and ordered a retrial on charges of illicit gains. The court overturned [Daily News Egypt...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Slave revolt leader Nat Turner arrested

US slave revolt leader Nat Turner was arrested in Virginia on October 30, 1831. Turner, inspired by a religious vision, led a rebellion in August of that year which resulted in the deaths of 55 white people, including the family who enslaved Turner. White mobs later killed between 36 and 102 Black people in retaliation for the attacks. After his October capture, Turner became one of 55 people to be executed by Virginia in connection with the rebellion. Learn more about Nat Turner and Turner's Rebellion.

Russians granted basic civil liberties

On October 30, 1905 [October 17 in the Julian Calendar], Tsar Nicholas II granted Russians basic civil liberties in the October Manifesto.

Roosevelt approves $1 billion in aid to WWII Allies under Lend-Lease Act

On October 30, 1941, President Franklin Roosevelt approved $1 billion in wartime aid to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Act. America did not formally enter World War II until December of 1941, but the US Government nonetheless provided crucial aid to the Allied Powers from the passage of the Lend-Lease Act in March of 1941 through the end of the war. The Lend-Lease Agreement between the US and the UK was formalized the following year.

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