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News Preliminary hearing concludes for US soldier accused of murdering Iraq detainee
Preliminary hearing concludes for US soldier accused of murdering Iraq detainee
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 01:15:00 pm

A US soldier and an Iraqi translator for the US military testified against Staff Sgt. Hal M. Warner as an Article 32 preliminary hearing concluded Sunday in Iraq . Military...

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News ICTY sentences Bosnian commander Delic to 3 years for war crimes
ICTY sentences Bosnian commander Delic to 3 years for war crimes
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 12:07:00 pm

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on Monday convicted former Bosnian army commander Rasim Delic of cruel treatment and sentenced him to...

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News Virginia high court finds anti-spam law unconstitutional
Virginia high court finds anti-spam law unconstitutional
Joe Shaulis
September 15, 2008 09:04:00 am

The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down as unconstitutional a state law criminalizing the production of falsified, unsolicited bulk e-mail. The court on Friday vacated the conviction of prominent spammer Jeremy Jaynes, and held...

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News Poland ex-leaders go on trial for declaring martial law
Poland ex-leaders go on trial for declaring martial law
Joe Shaulis
September 13, 2008 03:34:00 pm

The trial of former Polish leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski and seven other Communist-era officials charged in connection with the 1981 declaration of martial law resumed Friday in...

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News US military charges Afghan detainee at Guantanamo with war crimes
US military charges Afghan detainee at Guantanamo with war crimes
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 02:51:00 pm

US military prosecutors have brought war crimes charges against a detainee at Guantanamo Bay who they allege stored and concealed anti-tank mines in Afghanistan . The detainee, named Obaidullah, was charged...

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News Wisconsin elections agency says ID lawsuit will cause confusion at polls
Wisconsin elections agency says ID lawsuit will cause confusion at polls
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 01:20:00 pm

Voting-rights advocates and elections officials fear that a lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice will effectively disenfranchise thousands of voters by causing chaos at the polls in November. Wisconsin Attorney...

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Third Circuit upholds denial of diet-drug settlement claim
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 11:39:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Thursday ruled that a claimant had produced insufficient medical evidence to recover from a settlement fund established to compensate those harmed by...

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News New Rosenberg transcripts suggest perjury
New Rosenberg transcripts suggest perjury
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 09:28:00 am

Grand jury transcripts released Thursday suggest that testimony critical to the 1953 espionage conviction of Ethel Rosenberg was perjured. The National Archives made public nearly 1,000 pages of testimony given by...

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News US Secretary of the Interior promises swift response to corruption report
US Secretary of the Interior promises swift response to corruption report
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 07:20:00 am

US Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne pledged Thursday that he would "take swift action to restore the public trust" following an investigation which found corruption in the Department of the Interior (DOI) [official website; JURIST news...

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EU justice commissioner prods Google to shorten data retention period
Joe Shaulis
September 12, 2008 06:58:00 am

EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot on Thursday said Google is taking a "step in the right direction" by keeping data on search engine users for nine months rather than...

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On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's baby. Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann.

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