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News Senate GOP leader says filibuster ban only for judiciary selection
Senate GOP leader says filibuster ban only for judiciary selection
Matt Lubniewski
April 19, 2005 01:17:00 pm

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Tuesday that a proposed Senate rule change to ban filibusters would only apply to the process of confirming judicial nominees , and would not extend into other...

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News Oracle top executives cleared of insider trading charges
Oracle top executives cleared of insider trading charges
Matt Lubniewski
April 19, 2005 01:01:00 pm

The Delaware Supreme Court Tuesday cleared Oracle Corp.'s top two executives of allegations of insider trading. In a brief two-paragraph opinion , the three-judge Supreme Court panel affirmed without commentary a 2004 Court of...

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News Documents disclose army ‘wish list’ of interrogation tactics
Documents disclose army ‘wish list’ of interrogation tactics
Matt Lubniewski
April 19, 2005 12:19:00 pm

Army investigative documents released Monday disclosed the existence of "wish lists" of harsh interrogation techniques that intelligence officials hoped to use on Iraqi detainees. The techniques, cited in various e-mails in August 2003 between interrogators and army officials, included...

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News Israeli Supreme Court rejects petitions against Gaza pullout
Israeli Supreme Court rejects petitions against Gaza pullout
Matt Lubniewski
April 18, 2005 01:28:00 pm

Israel's Supreme Court Monday dismissed an attempt by Jewish settlers to bar legislation enabling the government to accomplish its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. The settlers filed eight petitions challenging the Evacuation Compensation bill, ratified in...

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News Defendants plead not guilty in UN oil-for-food case
Defendants plead not guilty in UN oil-for-food case
Matt Lubniewski
April 18, 2005 12:24:00 pm

Following up on a story reported last week in JURIST's Paper Chase, two Houston oil executives pleaded not guilty Monday in a Manhattan federal court to charges of defrauding the UN Oil-For-Food program and paying millions...

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News Four indicted in 1982 murder of "God's Banker"
Four indicted in 1982 murder of "God's Banker"
Matt Lubniewski
April 18, 2005 12:21:00 pm

Italian authorities indicted four people on Monday in connection with the death of famed Italian financier Roberto Calvi , known as "God's Banker" due to his close association with the Vatican. Calvi was found hanging under a bridge...

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NY bill to reinstate death penalty defeated
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 01:36:00 pm

Following up on a story reported yesterday in JURIST's Paper Chase, the New York State Assembly Codes Committee Tuesday defeated a bill to reinstate New York's death penalty by a vote of 11-7. The legislation, supported by...

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Supreme Court asks for more police protection
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 01:28:00 pm

The US Supreme Court asked for more police on Tuesday, citing recent attacks on judges and fears of terrorism. Justice Anthony Kennedy submitted a request to Congress for an additional $639,000 to pay for additional police patrols...

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News Recording industry to sue college students on Internet2
Recording industry to sue college students on Internet2
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 12:58:00 pm

The RIAA announced Tuesday that it intends to sue hundreds of individual college students accused of illegally distributing music and movies across Internet2 , a super-fast computer network connecting universities and used for internet research....

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Canadian same-sex marriage bill faces challenge
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 12:46:00 pm

Conservatives in the Canadian parliament plan to introduce an amendment Tuesday to scrap Bill C-38 , which establishes the Civil Marriage Act and allows for same-sex unions. Federal Liberals believe they will have...

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James Earl Ray sentenced for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray was sentenced to 99 years in prison for the murder of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. Ray died in 1998, still seeking a retrial of his case. On December 9th, 1999, a Memphis jury handed down a verdict agreeing with the King family that the 1968 assassination of the civil rights leader was a conspiracy rather than the act of a lone gunman.

Gandhi arrested for sedition

On March 10, 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested and charged with sedition for leading a campaign of mass civil disobedience against the British in India. He was then convicted and sentenced to six years in prison. After his release, Gandhi continued to build Indian unity and use civil disobedience and non-cooperation to oppose British rule in his country, culminating in the Salt March of 1930 and eventual Indian independence in 1947. Learn more about Mahatma Gandhi from the government of India.

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