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News DOJ trying to block legal access to detainee who could disclose CIA techniques
DOJ trying to block legal access to detainee who could disclose CIA techniques
Ned Mulcahy
November 4, 2006 03:08:00 pm

The US Department of Justice is attempting to block lawyers' access to Majid Khan, one of 14 "high value" prisoners previously held at a CIA secret prison but recently transferred to the...

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Federal judge blocks Pennsylvania city anti-immigration laws
Ned Mulcahy
November 1, 2006 06:15:00 am

US District Judge James Munley granted a temporary restraining order late Tuesday prohibiting the city of Hazleton, Pennsylvania from enforcing the city's Illegal Immigration Relief Act and Landlord Tenant Ordinance . The...

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News US sex offender ‘exiled’ to Canada may serve probation stateside
US sex offender ‘exiled’ to Canada may serve probation stateside
Ned Mulcahy
October 31, 2006 08:28:00 pm

US officials plan to request that convicted sex offender Malcolm Watson serve his three-year probation in New York instead of Canada. According to Erie County District Attorney Frank J. Clark , the request is motivated by complaints from...

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Congressman argues First Amendment governs taped phone call leak case
Ned Mulcahy
October 31, 2006 07:19:00 pm

An attorney for US Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) argued before the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday that the leaking of an illegally-obtained phone call to the news media should be protected by the First Amendment....

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Moroccan detainee released from Guantanamo reported missing
Ned Mulcahy
October 21, 2006 04:17:00 pm

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) says that a Moroccan detainee held at Guantanamo Bay who was supposedly transferred to the government of Morocco on October 12 is missing, according...

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Senator calls for DOJ to appeal dismissal of Lay conviction
Ned Mulcahy
October 21, 2006 03:11:00 pm

US Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has urged the US Justice Department to appeal this week's federal court ruling vacating the conviction of former Enron Chairman and CEO Kenneth Lay ....

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Former FDA commissioner enters guilty plea to misdemeanor charges
Ned Mulcahy
October 17, 2006 07:12:00 pm

Dr. Lester M. Crawford , former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) , pleaded guilty to charges of conflict of interest and false writing at his arraignment hearing...

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News US to release 8 Pakistan detainees from Guantanamo, Bagram
US to release 8 Pakistan detainees from Guantanamo, Bagram
Ned Mulcahy
October 13, 2006 02:47:00 pm

Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Sherpao said Friday that the US plans to release two Pakistani detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and that Pakistan expects the men to arrive in their home country by October 15....

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Canada high court rules judges cannot order mandatory bodily fluids tests
Ned Mulcahy
October 13, 2006 02:41:00 pm

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously ruled Friday that a British Columbia judge overstepped his sentencing power when he ordered a convicted criminal on probation for sexual assault to submit to mandatory submissions of bodily fluids for...

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Turkey threatens legislative retaliation if France passes Armenian genocide law
Ned Mulcahy
October 7, 2006 04:09:00 pm

The head of the justice committee that reviews draft legislation in Turkey's parliament warned in an interview published in a Turkish newspaper Saturday that if France attempts to make it a crime to deny that the Ottoman...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

American actress Mae West sentenced to 10 days for obsecenity

American actress Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail on April 19, 1927 for her participation in a play she wrote and starred in entitled "Sex." The play depicts the tribulations and adventures of a prostitute named Margy. The New York Police Department raided a performance, and West was charged with obscenity and behavior designed to corrupt the morals of youth. Learn more about West's arrest and sentence from PBS.

Charles Manson sentenced to death

On April 19, 1971, Charles Manson was sentenced to death for ordering the murders of Sharon Tate and others. The sentence was then commuted to life after the Supreme Court of California overturned the death penalty in 1972. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

The Beatles signed 10-year partnership

On April 19, 1967, John, Paul, George and Ringo - aka "The Beatles" - signed a partnership deed agreeing that the group would continue for a (further) period of ten years. When The Beatles split up prematurely in 1970, Paul applied to have the partnership terminated and a receiver appointed.

Read a legal analysis of Paul McCartney’s 1970 lawsuit against John, George and Ringo.

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