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News Indonesia prosecutors ask court for life sentences for Jemaah Islamiyah leaders
Indonesia prosecutors ask court for life sentences for Jemaah Islamiyah leaders
Patrick Porter
March 26, 2008 05:51:00 pm

Indonesian prosecutors Wednesday recommended that two alleged leaders of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) be given life sentences if found guilty on terrorism charges. Prosecutors also asked the court to officially...

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News Russia prosecutors open murder investigations after 2 journalists killed
Russia prosecutors open murder investigations after 2 journalists killed
Patrick Porter
March 21, 2008 01:45:00 pm

Russian prosecutors have opened separate murder investigations after two journalists were found dead Friday. Ilyas Shurpayev , a correspondent for Russia's state-run Channel One , was found dead with stab wounds and a belt around...

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News Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit over Florida Democratic primary
Federal appeals court dismisses lawsuit over Florida Democratic primary
Patrick Porter
March 21, 2008 12:57:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Friday dismissed a lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee for refusing to seat Florida's Democratic delegation at its national convention. Florida Democratic Party activist Victor DiMaio brought...

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News Dutch court overturns conviction of businessman in Liberia arms-dealing case
Dutch court overturns conviction of businessman in Liberia arms-dealing case
Patrick Porter
March 10, 2008 04:20:00 pm

A Dutch appeals court Monday overturned the conviction of Dutch businessman Guus Kouwenhoven for violating a UN embargo against the government of former Liberian President Charles Taylor . In 2006, a lower court...

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News ICC officials meet with Uganda LRA rebels over ‘procedural issues’
ICC officials meet with Uganda LRA rebels over ‘procedural issues’
Patrick Porter
March 10, 2008 03:39:00 pm

Registry officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC) met Monday with a delegation of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to discuss procedural matters regarding the prosecution of several LRA leaders. The...

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News House judiciary panel files civil lawsuit to enforce Miers, Bolten subpoenas
House judiciary panel files civil lawsuit to enforce Miers, Bolten subpoenas
Patrick Porter
March 10, 2008 03:06:00 pm

The US House Judiciary Committee filed a lawsuit Monday to enforce subpoenas seeking information from former White House legal counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten regarding the US...

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News Scotland court denies Lockerbie bombing lawyers access to ‘missing document’
Scotland court denies Lockerbie bombing lawyers access to ‘missing document’
Patrick Porter
March 7, 2008 02:16:00 pm

A Scottish court Friday rejected the latest appeal for disclosure by defense lawyers representing Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi , convicted in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Specifically, they were seeking...

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News UN panel urges US to address racial disparities in criminal justice system
UN panel urges US to address racial disparities in criminal justice system
Patrick Porter
March 7, 2008 01:30:00 pm

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Friday concluded its review of US compliance with the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) . The...

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News Clergy abuse claim settlements almost double in 2007: US Catholic bishops
Clergy abuse claim settlements almost double in 2007: US Catholic bishops
Patrick Porter
March 7, 2008 12:58:00 pm

Total payments in clergy abuse settlements nearly doubled in 2007 to reach $526 million, the highest number ever, according to an annual report by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops ...

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News Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al-Qosi
Military commission charges confirmed against Guantanamo detainee al-Qosi
Patrick Porter
March 5, 2008 06:04:00 pm

The US Department of Defense said Wednesday that two charges have been referred against Guantanamo Bay detainee Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi . The military commission charges referred are "providing material support...

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Slave trade abolished in Britain

A British bill abolishing the slave trade became law on March 25, 1807.

Learn more about slavery and the slave trade in Britain.

Scottsboro Boys arrested

On March 25, 1931, nine black teenagers were arrested in Paint Rock, Alabama for allegedly raping two white women. Twelve days later, the young men were put on trial in the nearby town of Scottsboro. After numerous the proceedings culminated in two landmark decisions by the US Supreme Court, Powell v. Alabama and Norris v. Alabama. Ultimately, the death sentences issued by the jury were overturned, but the defendants were nonetheless sent to prison. The trials of the Scottsboro Boys have come to symbolize the role of race in the criminal justice system of the Jim Crow South. Read a history of the trials of the Scottsboro Boys, as composed by Law Professor Douglas O. Linder of the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law.

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