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News Netherlands appeals court increases sentences of convicted terror conspirators
Netherlands appeals court increases sentences of convicted terror conspirators
Leslie Schulman
October 2, 2008 02:16:00 pm

A court of appeals in The Hague on Thursday extended prison terms for four Dutch terror suspects convicted in 2006 for planning attacks against Dutch politicians and government facilities after finding them guilty of an additional charge...

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News US soldier pleads guilty to accessory to murder in Iraqi detainee deaths
US soldier pleads guilty to accessory to murder in Iraqi detainee deaths
Leslie Schulman
October 2, 2008 01:45:00 pm

A US Army soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to accessory to murder in connection with the killings of four unarmed Iraqi prisoners west of Baghdad last year. Specialist Steven Ribordy, formerly a member of the 1st...

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News International legal groups renew call for Khadr transfer to Canada
International legal groups renew call for Khadr transfer to Canada
Leslie Schulman
October 1, 2008 01:14:00 am

The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) joined with Lawyers Without Borders and six other international legal organizations on Tuesday to call for the return of Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr , in...

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News Ninth Circuit upholds San Francisco health care ordinance against ERISA challenge
Ninth Circuit upholds San Francisco health care ordinance against ERISA challenge
Leslie Schulman
September 30, 2008 08:19:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a San Francisco city ordinance passed in July 2006 that assists in the health care of nearly 73,000 uninsured workers and residents. The...

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News Canada convicts first defendant under 2001 terrorism law
Canada convicts first defendant under 2001 terrorism law
Leslie Schulman
September 26, 2008 12:05:00 pm

A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on Thursday convicted one of the "Toronto 18" terrorism suspects for participating in a group which allegedly plotted to behead Prime Minister Stephen Harper while attacking...

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News Second Circuit upholds retired non-immigration registration system
Second Circuit upholds retired non-immigration registration system
Leslie Schulman
September 26, 2008 06:02:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Wednesday upheld as constitutional a former National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS) program which required non-immigrant adult males from 25 predominantly Muslim nations...

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News ICTY prosecutors file motion to amend Karadzic indictment
ICTY prosecutors file motion to amend Karadzic indictment
Leslie Schulman
September 24, 2008 10:07:00 am

Prosecutors in the case of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic filed a motion to amend his indictment in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website; JURIST news...

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News US Supreme Court stays execution of Georgia death row inmate
US Supreme Court stays execution of Georgia death row inmate
Leslie Schulman
September 24, 2008 01:52:00 am

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the execution of Georgia death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis "pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari." Davis had been scheduled to be executed...

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News Former Special Forces officer wins transgender discrimination lawsuit
Former Special Forces officer wins transgender discrimination lawsuit
Leslie Schulman
September 21, 2008 12:43:00 pm

A judge in the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday ruled that the civil rights of former Army Special Forces officer Diane Schroer were violated after a job offer to...

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News Controversial Guantanamo legal advisor reassigned
Controversial Guantanamo legal advisor reassigned
Leslie Schulman
September 21, 2008 11:50:00 am

The Pentagon on Friday announced that US Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , the controversial legal advisor to the US military commissions at Guantanamo and supervisor of the Office of Military Commissions-Prosecution...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Soviet spy Klaus Fuchs sentenced to 14 years in UK prison

On March 1, 1950, German-British atomic scientist Klaus Fuchs was sentenced to 14 years in prison by a UK court for passing British and American nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. Read a biography of Fuchs from PBS.

Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law

On March 1, 1875, the Civil Rights Act of 1875 became law. It declared that all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement, subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law. In 1883, in the Civil Rights Cases, the US Supreme Court ruled the 1875 Act unconstitutional and unauthorized by either the 13th or 14th Amendments. Congress passed no more civil rights legislation until 1957.

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