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News Uruguay fails to overturn 1986 amnesty law
Uruguay fails to overturn 1986 amnesty law
Julia Zebley
May 20, 2011 10:34:24 am

Uruguay's House of Representatives failed to partially repeal the 1986 Expiry Law on Thursday in a vote of 49-49. The Senate voted to...

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News Rhode Island House approves civil union bill
Rhode Island House approves civil union bill
Julia Zebley
May 20, 2011 08:51:08 am

The Rhode Island House of Representatives approved a civil union bill Thursday by a vote of 62 to 11 . The bill was voted out of committee earlier this week and...

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News European Commission threatens legal action against member states over banking rules
European Commission threatens legal action against member states over banking rules
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 03:09:39 pm

The European Commission (EC) threatened on Thursday to send 10 member states to the European Court of Justice if they do not fully implement the Third Capital Requirements Directive 2010/76/EU . The...

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News Maryland passes bill forcing railroad to disclose Holocaust activities
Maryland passes bill forcing railroad to disclose Holocaust activities
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 12:58:00 pm

Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley on Thursday signed into law a bill designed to force French rail company SNCF to disclose its participation in the Holocaust to receive a state rail contract. SNCF...

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News Hungary Nazi trial resumed after test of mental capabilities
Hungary Nazi trial resumed after test of mental capabilities
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 12:14:29 pm

The trial of accused Nazi Sandor Kepiro esumed on Thursday after tests proving Kepiro was mentally capable of proceeding. After Kepiro said he could not understand Judge Bela Varga earlier this month, Varga ordered mental and hearing...

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News Bahrain court sentences Shiite cleric, 8 others for police kidnapping
Bahrain court sentences Shiite cleric, 8 others for police kidnapping
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 11:34:21 am

Bahrain's Lower National Safety Court on Thursday sentenced nine citizens to 20 years in prison for kidnapping a police officer . The decision was announced by the government-owned Bahrain News Agency, without details of the charges or the...

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News Ninth Circuit allows Argentine suit against Daimler AG for involvement in ‘Dirty War’
Ninth Circuit allows Argentine suit against Daimler AG for involvement in ‘Dirty War’
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 10:31:57 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit by Argentine citizens can proceed against Daimler AG for the actions of Mercedes-Benz Argentina during...

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News DOJ files brief in Florida health care appeal
DOJ files brief in Florida health care appeal
Julia Zebley
May 19, 2011 09:22:39 am

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to overturn a ruling declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590;...

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News UN urges DRC to strengthen rule of law
UN urges DRC to strengthen rule of law
Julia Zebley
May 18, 2011 03:54:00 pm

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and the UN Security Council called Wednesday for continued reforms in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in order to strengthen the country's rule of law. President...

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News Bulgaria government approves bill targeting organized crime
Bulgaria government approves bill targeting organized crime
Julia Zebley
May 18, 2011 02:53:11 pm

The Bulgarian government passed a long-delayed bill on Wednesday that allows "civil confiscation" of assets before conviction. This allows the Commission for Establishing of Property Acquired from Criminal Activity to launch investigations of people who cannot account...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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