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News ICC urges Sudan to surrender Darfur war crimes suspects
ICC urges Sudan to surrender Darfur war crimes suspects
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 01:35:00 pm

ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Saturday called on the government of Sudan to arrest and surrender two war crimes suspects wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) . In a statement noting that arrest...

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News Uganda journalists arrested after publishing criticisms of military: lawyer
Uganda journalists arrested after publishing criticisms of military: lawyer
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 01:08:00 pm

Ugandan police arrested three journalists Saturday as part of an investigation into suspected sedition, according to the journalists' lawyer. The journalists worked on two articles published in the Independent magazine that were critical of the Ugandan military....

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News Mexico lawmakers end protests against proposed energy bill
Mexico lawmakers end protests against proposed energy bill
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:56:00 pm

Opposition members of the Mexican Congress have ended their protest against a proposed energy reform bill backed by Mexican President Felipe Calderon , after the ruling party agreed to allow further debate on the bill. Members...

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News Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege
Senate judiciary panel advances bill curbing state secrets privilege
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:32:00 pm

The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved the State Secrets Protection Act , sending the legislation to the Senate floor for consideration. The legislation, approved by a 11-8 vote on Thursday, would place restrictions on...

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News US Army sergeant found not guilty in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
US Army sergeant found not guilty in Kirkuk Iraqi civilian murder
Jeannie Shawl
April 26, 2008 12:16:00 pm

US Army Sgt. 1st Class Trey A. Corrales was acquitted by a military jury on Friday of charges connected to the 2007 killing of an unarmed Iraqi civilian near the city of Kirkuk . Corrales was...

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News Federal judge rules Bible distribution in Louisiana school unconstitutional
Federal judge rules Bible distribution in Louisiana school unconstitutional
Jeannie Shawl
April 24, 2008 08:17:00 am

A federal judge has ruled that a school district in Louisiana must stop allowing the distribution of Bibles in schools, saying that the distribution is "a religious activity without a secular purpose" in violation of the First...

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News Australia Federal Court orders new trial in Perth native title case
Australia Federal Court orders new trial in Perth native title case
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 03:03:00 pm

The Federal Court of Australia on Wednesday ruled that a lower court made several errors of law in its 2006 decision giving Aborigines native title to land in the Australian city of Perth, and...

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News San Francisco Bay oil spill ship pilot faces new felony charges
San Francisco Bay oil spill ship pilot faces new felony charges
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 01:24:00 pm

Federal prosecutors filed felony charges Tuesday against Capt. John Joseph Cota, the California maritime pilot accused in the November 2007 spill of approximately 58,000 gallons of heavy fuel oil in the San Francisco Bay. Cota,...

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News ‘Chemical Ali’ released from hospital after heart attack from hunger strike
‘Chemical Ali’ released from hospital after heart attack from hunger strike
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 12:27:00 pm

Ali Hassan al-Majid , better known in the Western media as "Chemical Ali," has been released from the hospital and returned to a US detention facility in Baghdad, US military officials said Tuesday. Al-Majid was...

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Supreme Court rules in Fourth Amendment case
Jeannie Shawl
April 23, 2008 10:15:00 am

The US Supreme Court handed down its decision Wednesday in Virginia v. Moore , where the Court ruled that Virginia police did not violate Moore's Fourth Amendment right when they arrested...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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