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News Pennsylvania judges in juvenile sentencing scandal withdraw guilty pleas
Pennsylvania judges in juvenile sentencing scandal withdraw guilty pleas
Safiya Boucaud
August 25, 2009 11:02:00 am

Two former Pennsylvania judges on Monday withdrew their guilty pleas on charges of accepting more than $2.6 million in kickbacks for sentencing teenagers to two private juvenile detention facilities in which they had a financial interest. Former...

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News Canada government to appeal Khadr repatriation efforts ruling to Supreme Court
Canada government to appeal Khadr repatriation efforts ruling to Supreme Court
Safiya Boucaud
August 25, 2009 09:41:00 am

The Canadian federal government said Tuesday that it will appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a Federal Court of Appeal decision ordering the government to press for the release and return of...

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News China human rights lawyer released on bail
China human rights lawyer released on bail
Safiya Boucaud
August 24, 2009 11:48:00 am

The Chinese government on Sunday released prominent human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on bail without any explanation. Xu was taken into custody last month and was formally charged last week with tax evasion. He was accused of...

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News US military to share detainee identities with Red Cross: report
US military to share detainee identities with Red Cross: report
Safiya Boucaud
August 24, 2009 10:35:00 am

The US military will now be notifying the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) of the identities of suspected terrorist militants held in special operations camps in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a New...

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News Senate Republicans want Supreme Court nominee to apply law impartially
Senate Republicans want Supreme Court nominee to apply law impartially
Safiya Boucaud
May 18, 2009 07:28:00 am

US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Sunday that he wants the Supreme Court nominee who will replace retiring Justice David Souter to be someone who will apply the law without bias....

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News Sierra Leone war crimes court denies Taylor motion to acquit
Sierra Leone war crimes court denies Taylor motion to acquit
Safiya Boucaud
May 4, 2009 04:42:00 pm

Judges for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday rejected a motion for acquittal of all charges filed by lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST...

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News US asking Germany to accept 10 Guantanamo detainees: reports
US asking Germany to accept 10 Guantanamo detainees: reports
Safiya Boucaud
May 4, 2009 02:47:00 pm

A spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry said Sunday that the US has asked Germany to take in up to 10 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison. The US government reportedly...

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News UK home secretary rules out central database for communications records
UK home secretary rules out central database for communications records
Safiya Boucaud
April 27, 2009 11:56:00 am

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced Monday that the British government will not be establishing a central government database to keep records of phone calls, emails, and Internet activity, instead leaving that job to private...

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News Spain court charges Basque leader with murder for role in 2008 car bombing
Spain court charges Basque leader with murder for role in 2008 car bombing
Safiya Boucaud
April 21, 2009 03:32:00 pm

A Spanish judge on Tuesday charged Jurdan Martitegi Lizaso , the alleged leader of the Basque separatist group ETA with murder for allegedly executing a car bomb in May 2008...

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News South Korea court clears blogger of charges
South Korea court clears blogger of charges
Safiya Boucaud
April 20, 2009 03:29:00 pm

The Seoul Central District Court on Monday acquitted a South Korean blogger charged with spreading misleading financial information online. Park Dae-sung had been charged with spreading false and misleading financial information for writing that the South Korean government...

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Supreme Court ruled corporations due equal protection rights

On May 10, 1886, the US Supreme Court ruled in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company that corporations were "persons" within the terms of the Fourteenth Amendment, and therefore were due rights of equal protection under state law.

Nelson Mandela became first black president of South Africa

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the first black President of South Africa. Before becoming President, Mandela was an anti-Apartheid leader in segregated South Africa. He served twenty-seven years in prison before his release in 1990, after which he was elected president of the country. Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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