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News California Senate approves bill to prohibit state police from enforcing immigration laws
California Senate approves bill to prohibit state police from enforcing immigration laws
Jennifer Suder
April 4, 2017 12:13:13 pm

The California State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill on Monday that would expand protections for undocumented immigrants by prohibiting state or local law enforcement from using resources to investigate, detain, report or arrest people for immigration...

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News Arkansas death row inmates sue governor to halt executions
Arkansas death row inmates sue governor to halt executions
Jennifer Suder
March 28, 2017 12:45:27 pm

Nine Arkansas death row inmates, including eight scheduled for lethal injections next month, jointly filed suit against Governor Asa Hutchinson and Department of Correction Director Wendy Kelly on Monday to stop the executions....

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News Former Congo VP sentenced to additional year in prison
Former Congo VP sentenced to additional year in prison
Jennifer Suder
March 23, 2017 11:45:57 am

Former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, was sentenced on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to an additional year in prison and fined approximately $325,000 for interfering...

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News Maryland House approves bill to limit local immigration enforcement
Maryland House approves bill to limit local immigration enforcement
Jennifer Suder
March 21, 2017 12:23:47 pm

The Maryland House of Delegates approved legislation on Monday to bar police statewide from checking the immigration status of individuals they arrest or from stopping an individual for the purposes of suspected immigration violations. The...

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News Brexit bill receives ‘royal assent’ and becomes law
Brexit bill receives ‘royal assent’ and becomes law
Jennifer Suder
March 16, 2017 11:10:48 am

UK House of Commons speaker John Bercow announced Thursday that the EU withdrawal bill has received royal assent and become law. UK Prime Minister Theresa May is now empowered to...

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European Court ruled against hitting schoolchildren in the UK

On February 25, 1982, in Campbell & Cosans v. The United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that parents can prevent teachers in the United Kingdom from striking their schoolchildren. At the time of the court's decision, the UK was the only Western European nation that permitted corporal punishment in schools.

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