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News Former SEC Lawyer pleads guilty to fraud in Dreier investment scheme
Former SEC Lawyer pleads guilty to fraud in Dreier investment scheme
Matt Glenn
November 10, 2009 08:01:00 am

Former Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) lawyer Robert Miller pleaded guilty in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York to one count of securities fraud and...

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News US government settles with post 9/11 detention plaintiffs for $1.26 million
US government settles with post 9/11 detention plaintiffs for $1.26 million
Matt Glenn
November 4, 2009 08:41:00 am

Five men who claim they were illegally detained after 9/11 reached a settlement agreement with the US government for $1.26 million, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) , which represented the men, announced...

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News Former Madoff accountant pleads guilty to fraud charges
Former Madoff accountant pleads guilty to fraud charges
Matt Glenn
November 4, 2009 07:45:00 am

Former outside accountant for Bernard Madoff , David Friehling , pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud charges in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official...

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News Ninth Circuit to reconsider state secrets claim in CIA rendition lawsuit
Ninth Circuit to reconsider state secrets claim in CIA rendition lawsuit
Matt Glenn
October 28, 2009 08:29:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit agreed Tuesday to an en banc rehearing of a Department of Justice (DOJ) request to dismiss a suit against a company that allegedly provided...

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News France court convicts high-profile defendants in Angola arms trade case
France court convicts high-profile defendants in Angola arms trade case
Matt Glenn
October 28, 2009 07:19:00 am

A French court convicted several high-profile defendants Tuesday for their roles in illegal arms sales to Angola during the 1990s, known as Angolagate . Among those convicted were former interior minister and current senator Charles Pasqua...

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News Federal judge dismisses Guantanamo <i>habeas</i> petition
Federal judge dismisses Guantanamo habeas petition
Matt Glenn
October 27, 2009 07:38:00 am

Judge John Bates of the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday dismissed without prejudice a petition for habeas corpus filed on behalf of a Guantanamo Bay ...

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News France prosecutors seek suspended sentence, fine for ex-PM accused in Sarkozy defamation
France prosecutors seek suspended sentence, fine for ex-PM accused in Sarkozy defamation
Matt Glenn
October 21, 2009 08:30:00 am

Paris prosecutors requested Tuesday that former prime minister Dominique de Villepin receive an 18-month suspended prison sentence and a €45,000 fine for his role in an alleged plot to defame several businessmen including current...

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News Supreme Court blocks release of names on same-sex marriage petition
Supreme Court blocks release of names on same-sex marriage petition
Matt Glenn
October 20, 2009 09:09:00 am

US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued a temporary order Monday prohibiting the publication of the names of those who signed a Washington state petition to overturn a state law giving same-sex...

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News US hedge fund founder denies insider trading allegations
US hedge fund founder denies insider trading allegations
Matt Glenn
October 20, 2009 08:08:00 am

Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam denied any wrongdoing Sunday, promising to fight charges brought against him in one of the US government's largest insider trading cases to date. Rajaratnam was arrested Friday...

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News China Xinjiang riot trials fail to meet international standards: HRW
China Xinjiang riot trials fail to meet international standards: HRW
Matt Glenn
October 17, 2009 02:15:00 pm

This week's trials of those involved in the deadly July riots in Urumqi , the capital of China's Xinjiang province, failed to meet Chinese and international fairness and due process standards Human Rights Watch (HRW)...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

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

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

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 US 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, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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