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News Supreme Court rules state law offense may be deemed aggravated felony
Supreme Court rules state law offense may be deemed aggravated felony
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
May 20, 2016 09:10:25 am

The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 on Thursday in Torres v. Lynch that a "state crime counts as an aggravated felony when it corre­sponds to a specified federal offense in all ways," and that...

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News UN rights chief welcomes Pfizer measures to prevent use of drugs for executions
UN rights chief welcomes Pfizer measures to prevent use of drugs for executions
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
May 20, 2016 08:36:22 am

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on Thursday welcomed the measures being taken by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to prevent the use of its drugs in state-sponsored execution by lethal injection. Pfizer announced...

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News Apple loses ‘iPhone’ trademark case in China
Apple loses ‘iPhone’ trademark case in China
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
May 5, 2016 06:50:48 am

The Beijing Municipal High People's Court ruled on Wednesday that Xintong Tiandi (XT), a local leather goods retailer, can continue to use the phrase "iPhone" on its leather goods. According to the Legal Daily, the official newspaper of the China...

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News Lousiana prisoner freed after serving 41 years unconstitutional sentence
Lousiana prisoner freed after serving 41 years unconstitutional sentence
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 30, 2016 05:54:05 pm

Gary Tyler was released from Louisiana's notorious Angola prison on Saturday after serving 41 years of an unconstitutional life sentence for the death of a white high school student resulting from a racially charged confrontation. Tyler spent eight...

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News Puerto Rico government bank strikes deal with credit unions
Puerto Rico government bank strikes deal with credit unions
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 30, 2016 03:39:53 pm

The Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico (GDB) announced its agreement with various state chartered credit unions in Puerto Rico whereby the maturity date of approximately $33 million of notes issued in a limited private...

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News 94-year-old former SS Sergeant apologizes to Nazi victims at trial in Germany
94-year-old former SS Sergeant apologizes to Nazi victims at trial in Germany
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 30, 2016 08:57:56 am

Reinhold Hanning, a 94-year-old former Schutzstaffel (SS) guard in the Auschwitz death camp between 1942 and 1944, apologized to Nazi victims at his trial in Detmold, a small town in West Germany. Hanning, who is accused of being an accessory...

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News South Africa court reinstates 783 corruption charges against president
South Africa court reinstates 783 corruption charges against president
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 30, 2016 07:28:46 am

The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Friday ordered that the 2009 decision to discontinue the prosecution of President Jacob Zuma on 783 corruption charges be set aside, and that Zuma and his codefendants...

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News UN agency concerned about refugee crisis in DRC
UN agency concerned about refugee crisis in DRC
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 15, 2016 01:22:18 pm

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concerns on Wednesday over the fighting between Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) army and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) rebel forces, which has caused...

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News Canada introduces bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide
Canada introduces bill to legalize physician-assisted suicide
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 15, 2016 11:59:19 am

A long-awaited bill legalizing physician-assisted suicide was introduced before the Parliament of Canada on Thursday and is now awaiting passage through the House of Commons and the Senate. This development comes over a year after...

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News Alleged Liberian war criminal detained by federal authorities in Pennsylvania
Alleged Liberian war criminal detained by federal authorities in Pennsylvania
Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
April 14, 2016 12:17:33 pm

A 49-year old Liberian national and resident of East Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, Mohammed Jabbateh, was indicted in Philadelphia on Wednesday on two counts of immigration fraud and two counts of perjury for failing to disclose his crimes...

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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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