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News ICC receives first war crimes suspect into custody
ICC receives first war crimes suspect into custody
Jaime Jansen
March 17, 2006 03:12:00 pm

The Democratic Republic of Congo Friday sent Thomas Lubanga , leader of the ethnic militia-turned-political party Union of Congolese Patriots , to the International Criminal Court (ICC) , making him the...

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News Nuclear secrets trial begins for German engineer
Nuclear secrets trial begins for German engineer
Jaime Jansen
March 17, 2006 02:49:00 pm

German engineer Gotthard Lerch went on trial in Mannheim, Germany, Friday on charges that he aided Libya’s abortive efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Lerch is widely known as a member of a clandestine network led...

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News Pentagon releases names of Guantanamo detainees
Pentagon releases names of Guantanamo detainees
Jaime Jansen
March 3, 2006 05:51:00 pm

The US Department of Defense late Friday released the names of Guantanamo Bay detainees pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by the Associated Press and later pressed in a lawsuit [AP...

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News States petition Supreme Court on automobile emissions control
States petition Supreme Court on automobile emissions control
Jaime Jansen
March 3, 2006 04:01:00 pm

A coalition of 12 states, three cities and several environmental groups appealed to the US Supreme Court Friday in a bid to force the federal government and Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2)...

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News Treason trial of Ethiopia election protesters adjourned
Treason trial of Ethiopia election protesters adjourned
Jaime Jansen
March 3, 2006 02:59:00 pm

An Ethiopian court has rejected an application by three of 129 Ethiopian election protesters to have a separate trial and adjourned the trial of all 129 people until March 22. The charges, which include conspiracy, treason and genocide for...

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Gonzales says no additional warrantless surveillance
Jaime Jansen
March 3, 2006 02:28:00 pm

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Thursday that the administration is not conducting any additional warrantless domestic surveillance beyond what President Bush acknowledged in December. Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) disclosed the information...

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News Former Afghan intelligence chief sentenced to death
Former Afghan intelligence chief sentenced to death
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 04:19:00 pm

An Afghan court Saturday found Asadullah Sarwari , head of the country's intelligence department in the communist era, guilty of ordering hundreds of murders and sentenced him to death. Sarwari, who defended himself in the one-day trial, is...

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News Ethiopia elections protesters treason trial begins
Ethiopia elections protesters treason trial begins
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 03:59:00 pm

The trial of 129 lawmakers, journalists and human rights activists on treason charges opened Friday in Ethiopia. The charges relate to mass demonstrations in the wake of Ethiopia’s May 2005 elections; the 129 defendants were arrested after...

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DOJ rejects Google privacy argument in search data case
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 03:24:00 pm

The US Department of Justice insisted in a court filing Friday that the information the search engine data government is seeking from Google as part of its effort to revive the Child Online Protection Act would...

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Utah high court ousts polygamist judge
Jaime Jansen
February 25, 2006 02:56:00 pm

The Utah Supreme Court Friday ruled to remove a polygamist judge from the bench, explaining that Hildale Justice Court Judge Walter Steed clearly broke the law by being married to three women at once. Steed worked as...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy. Learn more about the history of flogging in the Navy.

William the Conqueror invades England, leading to major legal and political reform

On September 28, 1066, William the Conqueror invaded England from Normandy, France. After successfully conquering the country, William ushered in a series of political and legal reforms that still define the United Kingdom and its former colonies to this day, including, centralization of state power, a census, and the infusion of French and Latin into the language of the courts. Learn more about William the Conqueror from Project Gutenberg.

President Millard Filmore signed bill banning flogging in the navy

On September 28, 1850, President Millard Filmore signed the 1851 naval appropriations bill, which abolished flogging as a form of punishment in the US Navy.

Learn more about the history of flogging in the navy from Bluejacket.com.

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