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News Colorado governor signs bills regulating recreational marijuana
Colorado governor signs bills regulating recreational marijuana
Lauren Laing
May 29, 2013 11:56:38 am

Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper on Tuesday signed a new set of laws regulating the use and sale of recreational marijuana. One law expands the medical marijuana enforcement division to encompass retail marijuana. The...

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News Former Pakistan military ruler granted bail, remains on house arrest
Former Pakistan military ruler granted bail, remains on house arrest
Lauren Laing
May 20, 2013 11:34:11 am

Former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was granted bail Monday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC), but he remains on house arrest over the murder of former prime ministerBenazir Bhutto ....

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News HRW: no progress in Sri Lanka since civil war ended
HRW: no progress in Sri Lanka since civil war ended
Lauren Laing
May 20, 2013 11:12:37 am

Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday that no progress has been made in Sri Lanka regarding respect for basic rights and liberties in the four years since the end of the country's brutal 26-year civil...

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News ICC opens preliminary examination of 2010 Israel flotilla raid
ICC opens preliminary examination of 2010 Israel flotilla raid
Lauren Laing
May 15, 2013 01:27:24 pm

The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Tuesday that her office will conduct a preliminary examination into the 2010 Israeli raid on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza strip in...

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News South Carolina sued over sex assignment surgery performed on child
South Carolina sued over sex assignment surgery performed on child
Lauren Laing
May 15, 2013 11:36:13 am

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) sued the South Carolina Department of Social Services (SCDSS) , social workers and doctors on Tuesday on behalf of a couple whose adopted child underwent sex assignment surgery while in...

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News New UN rights mechanism takes effect
New UN rights mechanism takes effect
Lauren Laing
May 7, 2013 02:32:56 pm

A human rights mechanism took effect Sunday that will allow a UN committee to review complaints from people or groups who have exhausted every option for justice in their own country regarding economic, social and cultural rights violations. The...

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News Europe rights court rules Ukraine violated ex-PM Tymoshenko’s rights
Europe rights court rules Ukraine violated ex-PM Tymoshenko’s rights
Lauren Laing
April 30, 2013 12:03:21 pm

The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Ukraine violated the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) by jailing former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko for...

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News Pakistan court bans Musharraf from running for public office
Pakistan court bans Musharraf from running for public office
Lauren Laing
April 30, 2013 11:01:53 am

The Peshawar High Court of Pakistan on Tuesday banned former military ruler Pervez Musharraf from running for public office for the rest of his life. The court also extended Musharraf's house arrest...

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News Europe rights court upholds ban on animal rights advertisement
Europe rights court upholds ban on animal rights advertisement
Lauren Laing
April 22, 2013 12:08:45 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg held Monday in a 9-8 vote that a ban on an advertisement by an animal rights group did not violate freedom of expression under...

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News Kenya top court releases ruling upholding presidential election results
Kenya top court releases ruling upholding presidential election results
Lauren Laing
April 16, 2013 10:57:12 am

Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday released a 113-page judgment upholding the results of the March presidential election. The court unanimously upheld the results last month but just released its reasoning, finding that the process...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Phillip III of Spain expels Muslim converts to Christianity

Phillip III of Spain began the expulsion of the country's "Morisco" (Muslims who converted to Christianity and their descendants) population on April 9, 1609, based on the Crown's fears that the Morisco population retained Muslim beliefs. Hundreds of thousands of Moriscos would be expelled from the country from 1609-1614. The expulsions took place just over 100 years after Spain's Jewish population was expelled in 1492. Learn more about the expulsion of the Moriscos.

Senate approves purchase of Alaska

On April 9, 1867, the U.S. Senate voted to ratify the Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska and thereby approve the purchase of the territory from Russia for $7.2 million. Initially, the purchase was made to keep Alaska away from the British. It was politically unpopular with many Americans who denounced it is "Seward's Folly", after U.S. Secretary of State William Seward, who had lobbied for the purchase. Seward was later vindicated by the discovery of gold and oil in Alaska.

Learn more about the Alaska Purchase from the U.S. State Department.

Last beheading in England

On April 9, 1747, Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, became the last man to be beheaded in England when he was executed on Tower Hill for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1745. Learn more about the legal history and practice of beheading.

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