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News Ninth Circuit denies rehearing on Ashcroft immunity petition
Ninth Circuit denies rehearing on Ashcroft immunity petition
Patrice Collins
March 19, 2010 09:39:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Thursday denied a petition by former attorney general John Ashcroft to reconsider its decision that Ashcroft is not entitled to absolute and...

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News Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill reducing cocaine sentencing disparities
Senate Judiciary Committee approves bill reducing cocaine sentencing disparities
Patrice Collins
March 12, 2010 09:12:00 am

The US Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday unanimously approved a bill to reduce sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine offenses. The Fair Sentencing Act, introduced by Senator Dick Durbin , is intended...

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News US House votes to impeach federal judge
US House votes to impeach federal judge
Patrice Collins
March 11, 2010 02:30:00 pm

The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to impeach federal judge Thomas Porteous of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana . The case will now proceed...

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News Al-Bashir will ‘face justice’ before ICC: president judge
Al-Bashir will ‘face justice’ before ICC: president judge
Patrice Collins
March 5, 2010 10:08:00 am

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said Thursday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will eventually face justice in The Hague. Speaking in London before the British House of...

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News Spain judge accuses Venezuela government of aiding rebel groups in assassination plot
Spain judge accuses Venezuela government of aiding rebel groups in assassination plot
Patrice Collins
March 1, 2010 02:39:00 pm

A Spanish National Court judge on Monday accused the Venezuelan government of aiding two rebel groups in a plot to assassinate members of the Colombian government in Spain. Judge Eloy Velasco charged [indictment, PDF, in...

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Thailand court seizes assets from ousted prime minister
Patrice Collins
February 26, 2010 10:08:00 am

The Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled Friday to seize 46.4 billion baht (USD $1.4 billion) in assets from ousted prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra for abuses of power while in office....

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Obama unveils proposal to reconcile health care reform bills
Patrice Collins
February 22, 2010 10:42:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Monday released the administration's health care reform proposal , four days in advance of a bipartisan summit on the issue. The proposal seeks to reconcile the versions of the bills passed last year...

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ICC judges seek additional information on Kenya post-election violence investigation
Patrice Collins
February 19, 2010 10:58:00 am

Judges from the International Criminal Court (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber II requested Friday that chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo provide additional information regarding his request to open a formal investigation into allegations of...

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China prosecutors charge billionare with insider trading
Patrice Collins
February 15, 2010 10:15:00 am

A Beijing court on Friday indicted Huang Guangyu, formerly China's richest man , with insider trading, bribery, and illegal business practices. The charges , brought by the Supreme People's Procuratorate come almost 15...

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Europe rights court finds Russia liable for Chechnya disappearances
Patrice Collins
February 12, 2010 10:07:00 am

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Friday that Russia breached the European Convention on Human Rights in two cases concerning disappearances in Chechnya . In the cases of Razman Guluyeva...

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Marie Antoinette convicted of treason and guillotened

French Queen consort Marie Antoinette was convicted of treason by a Revolutionary court and then guillotined on October 16, 1793. The queen consort was convicted of conspiring with foreign powers, depleting the treasury, and high treason only four days after her initial arrest on October 12. Her husband Louis XVI was executed nine months prior. Learn more about the trial and execution of Marie Antoinette.

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On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals, including former German Foreign Minister von Rippentrop, were hanged following the verdicts of the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal.

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