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News Japan activists protest against calls for constitutional reform
Japan activists protest against calls for constitutional reform
Jeannie Shawl
May 4, 2008 09:58:00 pm

Thousands of activists protested in Japan on Sunday in opposition to efforts to amend the country's pacifist constitution . Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, drafted during the American occupation of Japan after World War II,...

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News UN disability rights treaty enters into force
UN disability rights treaty enters into force
Jeannie Shawl
May 4, 2008 10:42:00 am

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force Saturday, one month after Ecuador became the 20th country to ratify the treaty . The landmark UN disability rights treaty [JURIST...

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News Record number of FISA warrants issued in 2007: DOJ
Record number of FISA warrants issued in 2007: DOJ
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2008 10:40:00 am

The number of surveillance and search warrants approved by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) increased again in 2007 to a record 2,370 warrants, according to a report released Wednesday by the US Department of...

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News DOJ to share interrogation opinions with Congressional intelligence panels
DOJ to share interrogation opinions with Congressional intelligence panels
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2008 10:02:00 am

The US Justice Department will share internal legal opinions authorizing the use of harsh interrogation tactics with members of the House and Senate Intelligence Committees, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John P. Elwood told a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary...

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News Federal judge rejects challenge to Georgia lethal injection protocol
Federal judge rejects challenge to Georgia lethal injection protocol
Jeannie Shawl
May 1, 2008 09:38:00 am

US District Judge Beverly Martin on Wednesday rejected a challenge to Georgia's lethal injection protocol, ruling that the state's execution procedures were similar to Kentucky's method, determined by the Supreme Court to be constitutional . Convicted murderer Jack...

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News Military judge sets terms for Hamdan questioning of Guantanamo detainees
Military judge sets terms for Hamdan questioning of Guantanamo detainees
Jeannie Shawl
April 30, 2008 03:34:00 pm

US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred Wednesday set down terms under which Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can question suspected al Qaeda leaders currently in US custody at Guantanamo as part of...

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News NY appeals court upholds Port Authority negligence verdict in 1993 WTC bombing
NY appeals court upholds Port Authority negligence verdict in 1993 WTC bombing
Jeannie Shawl
April 30, 2008 09:46:00 am

A New York appeals court has upheld a jury's finding that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was negligent in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center by Islamic...

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News Iraqi High Tribunal opens trial of Saddam-era former deputy PM
Iraqi High Tribunal opens trial of Saddam-era former deputy PM
Jeannie Shawl
April 29, 2008 01:45:00 pm

The trial of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz and seven co-defendants began at the Iraqi High Tribunal in Baghdad on Tuesday. Aziz, deputy prime minister under Saddam Hussein's regime, and...

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News ICC unseals arrest warrant for Congo militia leader suspected of enlisting child soldiers
ICC unseals arrest warrant for Congo militia leader suspected of enlisting child soldiers
Jeannie Shawl
April 29, 2008 11:31:00 am

The International Criminal Court on Tuesday made public an arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda, who is accused of committing war crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The arrest warrant...

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News Supreme Court allows Indiana voter photo ID law
Supreme Court allows Indiana voter photo ID law
Jeannie Shawl
April 28, 2008 10:23:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday let stand Indiana's controversial voter identification statute , which requires voters to present photo identification as a prerequisite to voting. The decision comes in Crawford...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Catholic priest Girolamo Savonarola burned at the stake

Radical Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola was burned at the stake in the Republic of Florence on May 23, 1498 for preaching against the practices of the powerful within the Catholic Church, including Pope Alexander VI, and celebrating mass while excommunicated. Learn more about the life of Savonarola and his execution.

Captain Kidd hanged for piracy

On May 23, 1701, Captain William Kidd, convicted of piracy and murder, was hanged in London. His body was later tarred and hung up in a gibbet - an iron cage - at the mouth of the River Thames as a warning to others.

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South Carolina becomes eighth U.S. state

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