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News China gives human rights lawyer three-year suspended sentence
China gives human rights lawyer three-year suspended sentence
William Theisen
April 28, 2017 11:35:49 am

The Second Intermediate People's Court in Tianjin on Friday gave human rights lawyer Li Heping a three-year suspended sentence for subversion. He has been in jail since being detained in the summer of 2015. Heping represented...

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News Supreme Court hears arguments on two capital punishment cases
Supreme Court hears arguments on two capital punishment cases
William Theisen
April 24, 2017 01:55:58 pm

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in McWilliams v. Dunn and Davila v. Davis , two cases related to capital punishment. In McWilliams , the court heard arguments on whether a defendant...

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News Iran supreme court upholds five-year prison sentence for woman on undisclosed charges
Iran supreme court upholds five-year prison sentence for woman on undisclosed charges
William Theisen
April 24, 2017 01:08:48 pm

The Supreme Court of Iran upheld the conviction and five-year prison sentence of a British-Iranian woman on Monday, but did not disclose the crime she is accused of committing. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at an...

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News Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
William Theisen
April 21, 2017 02:02:42 pm

Internet services were returned to two areas of Cameroon with English-speaking populations on Friday following a three-month shutdown, according to a state-run radio report. President Paul Biya had restricted Internet services in Northwest and Southwest regions...

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News Netherlands court sentences businessman for weapons smuggling in Liberia
Netherlands court sentences businessman for weapons smuggling in Liberia
William Theisen
April 21, 2017 01:20:49 pm

Dutch timber trader Guus Kouwenhoven was sentenced to 19 years in prison by an appellate court in Den Bosch on Friday after he was found guilty of smuggling weapons into Liberia during that country's civil...

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News UN offical condemns attack on civilian evacuees in Syria
UN offical condemns attack on civilian evacuees in Syria
William Theisen
April 17, 2017 01:49:43 pm

The under-secretary-general for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Stephen O'Brien on Sunday condemned attacks against people, including many civilians, who were fleeing the Syrian towns of Foah and Kefraya. In his...

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News Mississippi Supreme Court rules drugs used in executions can remain undisclosed
Mississippi Supreme Court rules drugs used in executions can remain undisclosed
William Theisen
April 14, 2017 01:21:35 pm

The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled to keep the identification of drugs used in executions a secret in a 7-2 ruling Thursday. The lawsuit was brought against the Mississippi Department of Corrections by the...

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News New York passes law offering free college tuition to residents
New York passes law offering free college tuition to residents
William Theisen
April 10, 2017 01:51:35 pm

New York became the first state to offer free college tuition to residents on Monday when governor Andrew Cuomo approved the 2018 State Budget . The budget, unanimously passed by the Senate, invests $163 million in the Excelsior...

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News AG Sessions ends DOJ forensics commission
AG Sessions ends DOJ forensics commission
William Theisen
April 10, 2017 12:49:35 pm

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions will not renew the National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS) , according to a statement released Monday. The NCFS is a 30-member group of scientists, academics, law enforcement officials, prosecutors,...

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News Senate confirms Gorsuch for Supreme Court
Senate confirms Gorsuch for Supreme Court
William Theisen
April 7, 2017 02:28:34 pm

Neil M. Gorsuch has been confirmed in a 54-45 vote by the Senate as the 113th justice of the US Supreme Court. Gorsuch was a judge on the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ...

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On January 22, 1973, the US Supreme Court handed down its split decision in Roe v. Wade, liberalizing abortion access until it was later overturned in 2022's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Listen to the oral arguments and read the Justices' opinions on Oyez.

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