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News Algeria asks France to apologize for colonialist crimes
Algeria asks France to apologize for colonialist crimes
Jaime Jansen
December 28, 2005 03:04:00 pm

Algeria Wednesday asked the government of France to apologize for crimes committed during France’s colonization of Algeria, including France’s part in the massacres of 45,000 Algerians who demanded independence at the end of...

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News Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
Federal judge urges state, local officials to expedite New Orleans mayor elections
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 04:35:00 pm

US District Judge Ivan Lemelle Tuesday urged federal and state officials to work together and quickly set a date for the postponed New Orleans mayoral primary elections at a hearing of...

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News Specter slams Saddam trial process in tribunal chamber
Specter slams Saddam trial process in tribunal chamber
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 04:12:00 pm

On a brief visit to Iraq Tuesday US Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Arlen Specter met with the chief judge overseeing the Saddam Hussein trial , telling reporters gathered in the trial chamber before the meeting...

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News US  doubts government control of Iraqi prisons
US doubts government control of Iraqi prisons
Jaime Jansen
December 27, 2005 03:47:00 pm

The US State Department said Tuesday that Iraqi prisons are only “nominally” under control of the elected government in Baghdad, acknowledging that they are in practice run by the Shiite-led Interior Ministry , which has not yet...

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News Mehlis ‘convinced’ Syrian authorities responsible for Hariri murder
Mehlis ‘convinced’ Syrian authorities responsible for Hariri murder
Jaime Jansen
December 17, 2005 04:35:00 pm

German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, the outgoing head of a UN committee investigating the February 14 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , said Saturday that he is convinced Syrian authorities are responsible for Hariri's death....

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News Anti-bribery panel urges deeper national oil-for-food investigations
Anti-bribery panel urges deeper national oil-for-food investigations
Jaime Jansen
December 17, 2005 03:24:00 pm

An anti-bribery panel for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) urged governments on Friday to dig deeper into evidence of kickbacks and corruption reported by an independent UN commission investigating the UN's now-defunct Iraq oil-for-food...

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News UK ran secret interrogation prison after WWII: report
UK ran secret interrogation prison after WWII: report
Jaime Jansen
December 17, 2005 03:21:00 pm

Britain ran a secret prison at Bad Nenndorf in northwest Germany that tortured and starved to death inmates for two years after the end of World War II, according to a Saturday report from the Guardian. Inmates included Nazi...

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News Iraq lifts security measures, praised for election
Iraq lifts security measures, praised for election
Jaime Jansen
December 17, 2005 03:00:00 pm

Iraqi authorities began to ease tight election security measures Saturday by lifting the ban on traffic and opening all borders except for the border with Syria, which will reopen in a few days. Thursday's election ...

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News Security Council approves Hariri murder probe extension
Security Council approves Hariri murder probe extension
Jaime Jansen
December 15, 2005 05:45:00 pm

The UN Security Council late Thursday unanimously approved a six-month extension of the probe into the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri just before the mandate of the investigatory commission currently...

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EU parliament to launch CIA prisons probe
Jaime Jansen
December 15, 2005 04:33:00 pm

The European Parliament agreed Thursday to open an investigation into allegations that the CIA illegally operated secret jails in Romania and Poland and covertly flew detainees through Italy, Germany and Poland. Lawmakers approved the...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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