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News Ohio groups recommend criminal justice reform
Ohio groups recommend criminal justice reform
Taylor Isaac
March 22, 2016 04:47:24 pm

The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and the Ohio Justice and Policy Center (OJPC) released a report on Tuesday with recommendations on reforming the criminal justice system in Ohio . The report details...

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News Rights groups urge countries to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
Rights groups urge countries to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia
Taylor Isaac
March 22, 2016 03:32:08 pm

Two human rights groups on Tuesday called for the US, the UK and France to stop selling arms to Saudi Arabia due to accusations and evidence that the weapons are being used in attacks against Yemen. Amnesty International (AI) [advocacy...

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News Supreme Court to hear Samsung appeal against Apple
Supreme Court to hear Samsung appeal against Apple
Taylor Isaac
March 21, 2016 11:25:52 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday announced that it will hear Samsung's appeal against Apple regarding Apple's 2012 victory in a patent dispute. The appeal deals with the amount awarded to Apple, which in...

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News UN rights expert: economic inequality undermining human rights
UN rights expert: economic inequality undermining human rights
Taylor Isaac
March 15, 2016 03:51:29 pm

The UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky presented reports to the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday finding that economic inequality has a negative impact on financial crises and undermines human...

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News EU leaders urged to reject migrant deal with Turkey
EU leaders urged to reject migrant deal with Turkey
Taylor Isaac
March 15, 2016 01:21:03 pm

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Executive Director Kenneth Roth on Tuesday expressed concern over the EU Joint Action Plan with Turkey, urging EU leaders to reject proposed elements due their "disturbing disregard for international law covering...

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News UN rights expert concerned over rate of juvenile executions in Iran
UN rights expert concerned over rate of juvenile executions in Iran
Taylor Isaac
March 14, 2016 11:56:29 am

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ahmed Shaheed , expressed continued concern Monday regarding Iran's alarming rate of juvenile executions and other flaws in the justice system . Shaheed's report ...

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News Egypt Justice Minister removed following Prophet Mohammed comment
Egypt Justice Minister removed following Prophet Mohammed comment
Taylor Isaac
March 14, 2016 11:23:04 am

Egyptian Justice Minister Ahmed al-Zind was relieved of his position on Sunday after making controversial statements on television. After being asked a question regarding the imprisonment of journalists, al-Zind's responded that he would even imprison the Prophet Mohammed. The response...

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News Mississippi flag challenged in federal lawsuit
Mississippi flag challenged in federal lawsuit
Taylor Isaac
March 1, 2016 03:25:14 pm

A federal lawsuit was filed on Monday against the governor of Mississippi challenging the state flag, the last one in the country that bears the Confederate battle emblem. Carlos Moore, the Mississippi native and civil rights lawyer that...

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News UN rights expert urges Kosovo to shift focus towards rule of law
UN rights expert urges Kosovo to shift focus towards rule of law
Taylor Isaac
March 1, 2016 02:30:22 pm

The head of the UN mission in Kosovo said Monday that Kosovo is set to face "complex challenges" this year and should shift focus towards more fundamental issues "such as the intrinsic links between post-conflict development, enforcement of...

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Europe rights court condemns Italy for role in rendition case
Taylor Isaac
February 23, 2016 03:18:36 pm

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday condemned Italy for their role in the 2003 kidnapping situation in connection with the US extraordinary rendition program. The court stated that Italy failed to perform their...

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FDR proposed 'court-packing' plan

On February 5, 1937, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, frustrated with the US Supreme Court's treatment of some of his economic reforms, proposed a plan to add judges to that and other federal courts whenever a sitting judge reached the age of seventy but declined to retire. Critics accused Roosevelt of indulging in autocracy and "court-packing." Review the text of Roosevelt's "fireside chat" on the proposal from March 9, 1937. Roosevelt eventually dropped the initiative but was nonetheless able to fill seven vacancies on the Court over the next four years, achieving his goal indirectly.

Panamanian dictator Noriega indicted

On February 5, 1988, Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega was indicted on charges of drug smuggling and money laundering. The following year, he was extradited to the United States and later sentenced to 30 years in US federal prison. In 1999, the French government requested that Noriega be extradited to France, where he had been convicted of money laundering. In that same year, the government of Panama also requested the extradition of Noriega, as a result of his 1995 conviction in absentia on murder charges.

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