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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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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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