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News US soldier held in fatal shooting of Afghanistan detainee
US soldier held in fatal shooting of Afghanistan detainee
Sarah Miley
October 20, 2010 02:13:25 pm

A US soldier is currently being held in connection with the fatal shooting on Sunday of a Taliban detainee, who was found dead in a holding cell in Kandahar province, according to US Forces in Afghanistan ....

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News UN rights expert calls for increased measures to combat torture
UN rights expert calls for increased measures to combat torture
Sarah Miley
October 20, 2010 01:08:42 pm

Chairperson of the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) Claudio Grossman on Tuesday urged nations to "reconnect with the values" of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment [texts and...

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News Sweden court begins first war crimes trial of former Bosnian prison guard
Sweden court begins first war crimes trial of former Bosnian prison guard
Sarah Miley
October 13, 2010 02:26:50 pm

The Stockholm District Court on Wednesday began proceedings in the the country's first war crimes trial of Swedish citizen and former Bosnian prison guard Ahmet Makitan . Makitan is accused of violating the Geneva Convention...

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News Rights group urges arrest of DRC general for war crimes
Rights group urges arrest of DRC general for war crimes
Sarah Miley
October 13, 2010 12:06:26 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday urged the Congolese government to arrest Bosco Ntaganda , a Congolese general wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes....

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News Federal judge bars key witness in trial of ex-Guantanamo detainee
Federal judge bars key witness in trial of ex-Guantanamo detainee
Sarah Miley
October 6, 2010 01:30:55 pm

A federal judge on Wednesday barred key US government witness Hussein Abebe from testifying in the trial against former Guantanamo Bay detainee Ahmed Ghailani . Judge Lewis Kaplan of the US District...

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News Suu Kyi files challenge to Myanmar dissolution of opposition party
Suu Kyi files challenge to Myanmar dissolution of opposition party
Sarah Miley
October 6, 2010 01:01:02 pm

Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed an appeal Tuesday in Myanmar's Supreme Court challenging the dissolution of her opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) under a controversial election law ....

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News Bosnia court upholds Croatia lawmaker’s war crimes conviction
Bosnia court upholds Croatia lawmaker’s war crimes conviction
Sarah Miley
September 29, 2010 02:45:06 pm

The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday upheld the war crimes conviction former Croatian Parliament member Branimir Glavas for ordering the torture and death of Croatian Serbs in the...

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News India court allows appeal by convicted Mumbai gunman
India court allows appeal by convicted Mumbai gunman
Sarah Miley
September 29, 2010 02:15:29 pm

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday allowed an appeal by Mohammad Ajmal Amir Kasab , the lone gunmen to survive the three-day siege of Mumbai that killed 166 in November 2008....

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News Supreme Court adds 14 cases to 2010 docket
Supreme Court adds 14 cases to 2010 docket
Sarah Miley
September 28, 2010 01:49:17 pm

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in 14 cases. In Smith v. Bayer Corp. the court will determine two issues. First the court will decide...

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News Poland prosecutors probing treatment of alleged USS Cole bomber at secret CIA prison
Poland prosecutors probing treatment of alleged USS Cole bomber at secret CIA prison
Sarah Miley
September 22, 2010 01:02:01 pm

Polish prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will open an investigation into the alleged mistreatment of accused USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri at a secret CIA prison in Poland. The investigation...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

UK parliament rejected J.S. Mill's proposal to give women the vote

On May 20, 1867, the British Parliament rejected by 196-73 an amendment to the 1867 Reform Act presented by John Stuart Mill that would have permitted women to vote. Review Mill's 1869 work The Subjection of Women.

Supreme Court applies Free Exercise Clause to state governments

On May 20, 1940, the United States Supreme Court held that the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment applied to state governments in Cantwell v. Connecticut under the incorporation doctrine, which applied the protections of the Bill of Rights to state governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Learn more about the Incorporation Doctrine from the Cornell Law Schools' Legal Information Institute.

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