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News Judge plans to dismiss perjury counts against Scrushy
Judge plans to dismiss perjury counts against Scrushy
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 12:32:00 pm

A federal judge in Alabama indicated Tuesday that she would throw out three perjury counts against former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy , but that she would allow his trial to proceed on additional charges. District Judge...

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News Iran judiciary refuses to return remains of Canadian reporter
Iran judiciary refuses to return remains of Canadian reporter
Matt Lubniewski
April 12, 2005 12:09:00 pm

Iran's judiciary Tuesday rejected Canada's demands that the remains of a Iranian-Canadian photographer who died in detention in Tehran be returned to Canada. Officials in Ottawa demanded last week that Iran return the body of Zahra Kazemi...

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News NY lawmakers to vote on death penalty
NY lawmakers to vote on death penalty
Matt Lubniewski
April 11, 2005 01:28:00 pm

The New York State Assembly Codes Committee will vote Tuesday on a measure to reauthorize the state's death penalty, which was declared unconstitutional in June. The New York State Assembly recently released a report detaling...

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News UPDATE ~ Confirmation hearings begin for Bush UN  nominee
UPDATE ~ Confirmation hearings begin for Bush UN nominee
Matt Lubniewski
April 11, 2005 12:48:00 pm

John Bolton , President Bush's nominee for US ambassador to the UN, appeared Monday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . Senate Democrats largely oppose Bolton, who has been criticized for his statements on the irrelevance of...

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News Dutch officials question US security decision to block airplane
Dutch officials question US security decision to block airplane
Matt Lubniewski
April 11, 2005 12:22:00 pm

Dutch officials Monday demanded an explanation as to why a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight was forced to turn around by US authorities on Friday. The 278 passengers aboard the flight returned to Amsterdam 11 hours later...

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News Insurers end support for federal asbestos fund
Insurers end support for federal asbestos fund
Matt Lubniewski
April 5, 2005 01:12:00 pm

Over a dozen insurance companies, including AIG and Chubb Corp. , have pulled their support for establishing a $140 billion federal trust fund to pay claims arising from asbestos-related lawsuits. The move makes it unlikely that...

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News Defense team in Khodorkovsky case delivers summation
Defense team in Khodorkovsky case delivers summation
Matt Lubniewski
April 5, 2005 12:54:00 pm

The defense team for Mikhail Khodorkovsky delivered its summation Tuesday, arguing that the state had failed to prove that the former CEO of oil giant Yukos had committed any crime....

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News Top law enforcement officials urge renewal of Patriot Act
Top law enforcement officials urge renewal of Patriot Act
Matt Lubniewski
April 5, 2005 12:22:00 pm

The Bush administration's top law enforcement officials urged renewal and expansion of USA PATRIOT Act provisions in testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee. FBI Director Robert Mueller asked legislators to expand the FBI's administrative...

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News Microsoft complies with EU antitrust ruling, offers source code to competitors
Microsoft complies with EU antitrust ruling, offers source code to competitors
Matt Lubniewski
April 4, 2005 12:39:00 pm

Microsoft announced Monday that it will comply with EU demands and make software blueprints available to competitors and offer lower licensing fees. Last month, the EU had threatened Microsoft with new fines if it did not make...

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News House, Senate committees to review Patriot Act
House, Senate committees to review Patriot Act
Matt Lubniewski
April 4, 2005 12:11:00 pm

Key portions of the USA PATRIOT Act which will expire at the end of this year are set to come up for review this week before the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee ....

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Last Quaker executed for religious beliefs in American colonies

On March 24, 1661, William Ledda, executed in Boston, became the last Quaker in the American colonies to be put to death for his religious beliefs. Learn more about the persecution of the Quakers in colonial Massachusetts.

Archbishop Óscar Romero assassinated

On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in San Salvador, El Salvador by a right-wing death squad. Romero had become unpopular with conservative elements in the country when he began speaking out against government repression of the nation's poor and of his fellow priests. Read a biography of Archbishop Óscar Romero from the Kellogg Institute at Notre Dame University. In 2003, the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA), an American human-rights organization, filed a lawsuit in the United States against former Salvadorean Air Force Captain Álvaro Rafael Saravia for his alleged role in the assassination of Archbishop Romero. The suit was filed in a US federal district court under the Alien Tort Claim Act (28 U.S.C. § 1350). In Doe v. Rafael Saravia, the defendant was found guilty of crimes against humanity and extrajudicial killing, resulting in a $10 million judgment against Saravia. Read a description of the case. Romero was later canonized as a saint by the Catholic Church in 2018.

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