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News Chief Justice refuses to stay drug patent ruling
Chief Justice refuses to stay drug patent ruling
Matthew Pomy
April 19, 2014 01:59:06 pm

US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts denied the request of Teva Pharmaceuticals USA for a stay on the lower court ruling. The appeals court's ruling made Teva's Copaxone drug available to be...

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News Alaska high court says prisons must protect inmates from violence
Alaska high court says prisons must protect inmates from violence
Matthew Pomy
April 19, 2014 01:13:25 pm

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled on Friday that prisons have a duty to protect inmates from violence at the hands of other inmates . The ruling will allow a lawsuit by a former inmate, Richard Mattox,...

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News China court sentences anti-corruption activists to jail
China court sentences anti-corruption activists to jail
Matthew Pomy
April 18, 2014 10:45:10 am

A Chinese court on Friday convicted activists with ties to the New Citizens Movement on the grounds of gathering a mob to disturb the public. The New Citizens Movement is a grass-roots organization...

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News Netherlands high court bans pedophile group
Netherlands high court bans pedophile group
Matthew Pomy
April 18, 2014 09:27:03 am

The Supreme Court of The Netherlands on Friday banned an online group, "Martijn," that advocates for the legalization of pedophilia. The court held that the dangers of pedophilia are too great to...

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News AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
AI: Egypt president should reject anti-terror law
Matthew Pomy
April 12, 2014 11:07:52 am

Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern Friday over the new Egyptian anti-terror law set to be approved by interim president Adly Mansour . The law, which was passed in response to an attack on Cairo University...

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News UN rights expert calls for ‘Washington Redskins’ name change
UN rights expert calls for ‘Washington Redskins’ name change
Matthew Pomy
April 12, 2014 10:07:05 am

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, James Anaya, called Friday upon the owners of the Washington Redskins football team to change the team's name . Anaya focused on the hurtful history of the term...

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News Turkish high court strikes parts of judicial control law
Turkish high court strikes parts of judicial control law
Matthew Pomy
April 11, 2014 09:36:04 am

The Turkish Constitutional Court on Friday struck down parts of a controversial law that increased Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's control over the judicial system. Amid protests over suspected government corruption and violence inside parliament,...

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News Germany court rejects bishop’s appeal of Holocaust denial conviction
Germany court rejects bishop’s appeal of Holocaust denial conviction
Matthew Pomy
April 11, 2014 09:02:02 am

A German court in Nuremberg on Friday rejected the appeal of bishop Richard Williamson, who was convicted of denying the Holocaust during a TV interview, finding him €1,800. The conviction stemmed from an interview to Swedish TV...

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News Federal judge allows challenge to death penalty secrecy to continue
Federal judge allows challenge to death penalty secrecy to continue
Matthew Pomy
April 5, 2014 11:00:06 am

On Thursday a federal judge for the US District Court for the Western District of Missouri ordered that a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may continue, despite...

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News Ohio judge to strike down state’s same-sex marriage ban
Ohio judge to strike down state’s same-sex marriage ban
Matthew Pomy
April 5, 2014 10:34:38 am

On Friday a judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio , Timothy Black, vowed to overturn the state's ban on the recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages. Black, who has issued other limited opinions...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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