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US Army officer sentenced to 25 years for murder of Iraqi detainee
Lucas Tanglen
March 1, 2009 10:14:00 am

A military jury in Kentucky on Saturday sentenced US Army First Lt. Michael Behenna to 25 years in prison after convicting him Friday of the murder and assault of an Iraqi detainee. The 101st Airborne Division...

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UK Justice Secretary vetoes release of Cabinet discussions on Iraq
Lucas Tanglen
February 25, 2009 09:31:00 am

British Justice Secretary Jack Straw on Tuesday vetoed a British Information Tribunal order for the release of redacted minutes of two Cabinet discussions from the months prior to the invasion...

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News France court reverses terrorism convictions of former Guantanamo detainees
France court reverses terrorism convictions of former Guantanamo detainees
Lucas Tanglen
February 25, 2009 08:13:00 am

A Paris appeals court on Tuesday overturned the 2007 terrorism convictions of five French citizens who had been questioned by French officials while detained at Guantanamo Bay . The court held that counter-terrorism agents from the French...

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News US Army sergeant convicted in murder of Iraq detainees
US Army sergeant convicted in murder of Iraq detainees
Lucas Tanglen
February 22, 2009 11:31:00 am

US Army Sgt. Michael Leahy Jr. was convicted Friday on charges stemming from the 2007 deaths of four Iraqi detainees, and was given a life sentence at a court-martial at a US military base...

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News Iraq reopens Abu Ghraib prison with promises to follow international standards
Iraq reopens Abu Ghraib prison with promises to follow international standards
Lucas Tanglen
February 22, 2009 10:28:00 am

The Iraqi government has reopened the prison formerly called Abu Ghraib , promising to operate the prison by international standards and allow inspections by humanitarian groups. In a tour for members of the media Saturday,...

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UK top court rules Muslim cleric can be deported to Jordan despite torture fears
Lucas Tanglen
February 18, 2009 05:08:00 pm

A five-judge panel of the UK's Law Lords ruled unanimously Wednesday that Islamic cleric Abu Qatada could be deported to Jordan despite fears he might be tortured upon his arrival. Qatada, accused of being...

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Czech lower house approves EU reform treaty
Lucas Tanglen
February 18, 2009 03:29:00 pm

The Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of the nation's parliament, on Wednesday approved the European Union (EU) reform pact known as the Treaty of Lisbon . The approval brings the...

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Kenya PM still pursuing election tribunal after rejection by parliament
Lucas Tanglen
February 15, 2009 11:27:00 am

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Saturday maintained that the government was determined to form a local tribunal to address the December 2007 post-election violence , despite a defeat in the Kenyan...

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News Rights group warns Cambodia Khmer Rouge trials threatened by credibility problems
Rights group warns Cambodia Khmer Rouge trials threatened by credibility problems
Lucas Tanglen
February 15, 2009 10:34:00 am

The first trial in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) is in danger of being tainted by the body's failure to meet international fair trial standards , Human Rights...

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Egypt court imprisons opposition leader for illegally entering Gaza
Lucas Tanglen
February 11, 2009 05:36:00 pm

An Egyptian military court on Wednesday sentenced an Islamist opposition leader to two years in prison for illegally entering Gaza. Magdy Ahmed Hussein, leader of the Labor Party , was arrested last month on suspicion of...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

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

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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 U.S. 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 and biographies of the major figures involved, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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