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News US military judge rules Hamdan lawyers can question top terror suspects
US military judge rules Hamdan lawyers can question top terror suspects
Patrick Porter
February 15, 2008 01:00:00 pm

US military judge Navy Capt. Keith Allred has ruled that lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan can send written questions to Khalid Sheik Mohammed and other alleged high-level al Qaeda...

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News France right-wing leader sentenced for pro-Nazi remarks
France right-wing leader sentenced for pro-Nazi remarks
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 02:13:00 pm

A French court Friday sentenced Jean-Marie Le Pen , leader of France's far-right National Front party , for making public comments minimizing the World War II Nazi occupation of France. The charges...

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News US Army sniper on trial for Iraqi civilian killings
US Army sniper on trial for Iraqi civilian killings
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 01:48:00 pm

Court-martial proceedings began Friday for US Army sniper Sgt. Evan Vela , charged in connection with the killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians near Iskandariyah. In opening statements, Vela's lawyer said that he was only following a superior's...

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News Nebraska Supreme Court rules electric chair executions illegal
Nebraska Supreme Court rules electric chair executions illegal
Patrick Porter
February 8, 2008 12:58:00 pm

The Nebraska Supreme Court Friday ruled that execution by electric chair is "cruel and unusual" punishment and therefore prohibited by the Nebraska constitution . In State v. Mata, an appeal by convicted murderer Raymond Mata...

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News Guantanamo commander confirms secret camp for ‘high-value’ detainees
Guantanamo commander confirms secret camp for ‘high-value’ detainees
Patrick Porter
February 6, 2008 06:40:00 pm

Guantanamo Bay commander US Navy Rear Adm. Mark H. Buzby confirmed the existence of a secret camp at the detention facility for alleged al-Qaeda members classified as "high-value detainees" in an interview with AP Wednesday. Buzby said...

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News UK PM backs admitting wiretap evidence at trial
UK PM backs admitting wiretap evidence at trial
Patrick Porter
February 6, 2008 05:52:00 pm

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday said he supports allowing UK courts to hear some evidence obtained through wiretap surveillance , telling parliament that the long-time prohibition against wiretap evidence should be lifted in situations where "key...

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News INTERPOL ex-president charged with corruption in South Africa court
INTERPOL ex-president charged with corruption in South Africa court
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 01:56:00 pm

Suspended South Africa police commissioner and former INTERPOL president Jackie Selebi was provisionally charged Friday in a South African regional court with three counts of corruption and one count of defeating the...

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News Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider ‘enemy combatant’ evidence ruling
Federal appeals court refuses to reconsider ‘enemy combatant’ evidence ruling
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 12:59:00 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said Friday that it will not reconsider its July 2007 decision that federal appeals courts reviewing the "enemy combatant" ...

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News US appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit over same-sex marriage teaching
US appeals court affirms dismissal of lawsuit over same-sex marriage teaching
Patrick Porter
February 1, 2008 10:37:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on Thursday upheld a district court's dismissal of a lawsuit against a Massachusetts town that allows its public school system to teach children about...

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News Khodorkovsky on hunger strike to protest denial of medical care for ex-Yukos lawyer
Khodorkovsky on hunger strike to protest denial of medical care for ex-Yukos lawyer
Patrick Porter
January 30, 2008 05:37:00 pm

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Wednesday that he would begin a hunger strike to protest denial of medical treatment to Vasily Aleksanian , an imprisoned former executive and lawyer...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

President Ford offered amnesty to Vietnam draft-evaders

On September 16, 1974, President Gerald Ford announced a conditional amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft-evaders which would waive any charges provided they agreed to work two years in public service. A Presidential Clemency Board was created to administer the program - it finished its work in September 1975 after having disposed of 14, 514 cases. Critics said the initiative did not go far enough, however, and noted that only about 19 percent of eligible persons even applied. Learn more about the conditional amnesty program from the Papers of Charles E. Goodell, the Washington lawyer who was Chairman of the PCB, now housed at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ozone Layer treaty opens for signatures

On September 16, 1987, the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was opened for signature. It has since been signed by almost 200 nations. As a result, the Earth's Ozone Layer is expected to recover by the year 2050.

William O. Douglas born

On September 16, 1898, William O. Douglas was born in Maine Township, Minnesota. Douglas went on to become Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission before being named to the US Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt. Douglas would become an influential civil libertarian on the Warren Court and the longest-tenured Justice in history, serving for 36 years and 7 months.

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