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News HRW: Mexico government should investigate military shootout
HRW: Mexico government should investigate military shootout
Kimberly Bennett
August 23, 2014 11:18:27 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called on the Mexican government to fully investigate the killing of 22 civilians by soldiers on June 30, following an alleged confrontation inside an empty warehouse in the municipality...

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News Louisiana abortion clinic challenges new state law
Louisiana abortion clinic challenges new state law
Kimberly Bennett
August 23, 2014 10:56:50 am

Louisiana abortion clinic Hope Medical Group for Women and the Center for Reproductive Rights on Friday filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana to...

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News California AG to appeal death penalty ruling
California AG to appeal death penalty ruling
Kimberly Bennett
August 22, 2014 10:56:53 am

California Attorney General Kamala Harris announced Thursday that she will appeal a recent ruling striking down California's death penalty. A judge for the US District Court for the Central District of California [official...

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News UN reports 191,000 dead in Syria conflict
UN reports 191,000 dead in Syria conflict
Kimberly Bennett
August 22, 2014 10:23:37 am

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights reported Friday that at least 191,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict —almost double the number from last year's report. High Commissioner for...

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News Federal judge orders release of documents relating to failed law enforcement program
Federal judge orders release of documents relating to failed law enforcement program
Kimberly Bennett
August 21, 2014 11:28:08 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ordered a deadline of October 1 for the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide a list of documents...

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee appeals conviction
Kimberly Bennett
August 21, 2014 10:38:52 am

Australian citizen David Hicks filed a motion to dismiss his conviction in the US Court of Military Commission Review on Wednesday after pleading guilty in 2007 to providing material support to terrorism....

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News California passes law banning sterilization of inmates
California passes law banning sterilization of inmates
Kimberly Bennett
August 20, 2014 10:27:53 am

California Governor Jerry Brown was a presented with a bill on Tuesday to ban sterilization of female inmates in California after the California Senate unanimously voted to pass the law. The bill bans any...

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Mexico environmental agency sues copper mining company over spill
Kimberly Bennett
August 20, 2014 09:53:45 am

The Mexican Attorney General for Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) on Monday filed a criminal complaint against copper mining companies Buena Vista del Cobre, SA de CV and Minera Mexico following a massive acid...

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Federal judge approves final settlement in Wells Fargo investment case
Kimberly Bennett
August 19, 2014 11:37:18 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Minnesota on Monday approved a settlement for $62.5 million between Wells Fargo & Co and large institutional clients who lost money in an investment...

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Security forces arrest Somali pirate commander
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August 19, 2014 11:16:22 am

A Somali police official on Monday reported that security forces arrested Somali pirate Mohamed Garfanji. Garfanji, second-in-command of Somalia's pirate industry, was arrested on Sunday for possessing illegal arms and other charges related to...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

John Locke born

On August 29, 1632, the political philosopher John Locke was born in Wrington, England. His political philosophy and social contract theory would heavily influence the American and French Revolutions as well as the democratic governments set up following those revolutions. Read works by John Locke from Project Gutenberg.

Civil Rights Act of 1957 passed

On August 29, 1957, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first federal civil rights legislation since 1875. The legislation set up the US Commission on Civil Rights and the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.

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