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News Georgia Supreme Court stays execution of death row inmate
Georgia Supreme Court stays execution of death row inmate
Patrick Porter
October 19, 2007 02:00:00 pm

The Georgia Supreme Court granted a stay of execution Thursday to convicted killer Jack Alderman. The death row inmate was scheduled to die Friday at 7PM ET and had already selected his last meal....

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News Camp Cropper ex-military police chief gets 2-year prison sentence
Camp Cropper ex-military police chief gets 2-year prison sentence
Patrick Porter
October 19, 2007 01:06:00 pm

Former US military police commander Lt. Col. William Steele was sentenced to two years in prison Friday after being convicted of unauthorized possession of classified documents, failing to obey an order, and conduct unbecoming an officer by...

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News Sri Lanka rejects Arbour call for UN rights monitoring mission
Sri Lanka rejects Arbour call for UN rights monitoring mission
Patrick Porter
October 13, 2007 04:12:00 pm

Sri Lankan and visiting UN officials disagreed publicly Saturday on how to approach the country's worsening human rights situation in the midst of ongoing civil conflict. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said at a...

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News Myanmar arrests more democracy activists despite UN denunciation
Myanmar arrests more democracy activists despite UN denunciation
Patrick Porter
October 13, 2007 02:50:00 pm

Myanmar detained four more pro-democracy activists Saturday as part of its ongoing crackdown on opponents of the ruling military junta. The latest detainees include Htay Kywe, Mie Mie (also known as Thin Thin Aye),...

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News Taiwan corruption trial of opposition presidential candidate begins
Taiwan corruption trial of opposition presidential candidate begins
Patrick Porter
October 12, 2007 01:45:00 pm

The Taiwan High Court opened proceedings Friday in the corruption trial of Ma Ying-jeou , the opposition presidential candidate in the 2008 Taiwanese presidential election. Ma was acquitted of the...

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News Saudi Arabia setting up new supreme court as part of judicial overhaul
Saudi Arabia setting up new supreme court as part of judicial overhaul
Patrick Porter
October 6, 2007 04:53:00 pm

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has announced a plan to create a supreme court for the country, as well as new appeals and general courts. The new supreme court will replace the current Supreme Judicial Council, which...

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News Bulgaria rejects legalizing prostitution in policy reversal
Bulgaria rejects legalizing prostitution in policy reversal
Patrick Porter
October 6, 2007 03:24:00 pm

Bulgaria will not legalize prostitution as previously planned, according to Interior Minister Rumen Petkov, speaking Friday at a Sofia conference on "Legal and Institutional Mechanisms for Combating Trafficking of Women." Bulgarian Prosecutor General Boris Belchev told attendees at the...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

US Congress approves first Patent Act

On April 10, 1790, Congress approved the US's first Patent Act. The Patent Act of 1790 allowed inventors to maintain "sole and exclusive right and liberty of making, constructing, using and vending to others" a patented invention for fourteen years. The Act furthermore created the US Patent Board, the precursor to the modern US Patent Office. Read the current US Patent Law from the Cornell University Law School.

Hugo Grotius born

Hugo Grotius, Dutch jurist, statesman and father of international law was born in Delft, Holland, on April 10, 1583. His best-known work is De Jure Belli ac Pacis (On the Law of War and Peace), which he published in 1625.

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