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News Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts three former guerrilla leaders
Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts three former guerrilla leaders
Ximena Marinero
February 26, 2009 07:10:00 am

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday found three former guerrilla leaders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their roles in the country's civil war. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon,...

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News Spain agrees to accept Guantanamo detainees
Spain agrees to accept Guantanamo detainees
Ximena Marinero
February 25, 2009 11:08:00 am

Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Angel Moratinos on Tuesday indicated his country's willingness to accept Guantanamo detainees during his meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington...

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News Rights group urges Guatemala to approve civil war search commission
Rights group urges Guatemala to approve civil war search commission
Ximena Marinero
February 25, 2009 08:34:00 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Wednesday urged the Guatemalan Congress to approve a law establishing a National Search Commission for the Persons Forcibly and Involuntarily Disappeared. The proposed legislation was presented to...

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News Spain judges strike to protest workload
Spain judges strike to protest workload
Ximena Marinero
February 19, 2009 08:43:00 am

Judges from more than 30 Spanish provinces went on a one-day strike Wednesday to demand that the country's judicial system hire more judges and adopt electronic technology to decrease the workload faced by current judges. The judges were led by 21...

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News Egypt releases jailed opposition politician for medical reasons
Egypt releases jailed opposition politician for medical reasons
Ximena Marinero
February 19, 2009 06:40:00 am

Egyptian authorities in Cairo released imprisoned political opposition leader Ayman Nour late Wednesday for medical reasons. Egypt's public prosecutor Abdel-Meguid Mahmoud unexpectedly announced the release of nine prisoners for medical reasons, including Nour....

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News Second Circuit upholds NYC law requiring restaurants to display calorie information
Second Circuit upholds NYC law requiring restaurants to display calorie information
Ximena Marinero
February 18, 2009 09:45:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld Tuesday a New York City law that requires chain restaurants to post caloric content information on their menus and menu boards in...

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News Politkovskaya murder suspect alleges Russian prosecutors fabricated evidence
Politkovskaya murder suspect alleges Russian prosecutors fabricated evidence
Ximena Marinero
February 18, 2009 08:26:00 am

A lawyer for one of the men accused in the killing of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya alleged in his closing statements Tuesday that the prosecution's main pieces of evidence are flawed and have been...

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News Federal judge rejects jurisdiction over Guantanamo force-feeding case
Federal judge rejects jurisdiction over Guantanamo force-feeding case
Ximena Marinero
February 12, 2009 08:57:00 am

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia denied Tuesday a petition by two Guantanamo Bay detainees to stop the force-feeding imposed on them during their hunger strike,...

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News ICC denies reports that Bashir arrest warrant issued
ICC denies reports that Bashir arrest warrant issued
Ximena Marinero
February 12, 2009 08:03:00 am

Officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Thursday that the ICC has not issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir , refuting Wednesday reports that the...

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News Binyam Mohamed lawyer says torture details withheld from Obama
Binyam Mohamed lawyer says torture details withheld from Obama
Ximena Marinero
February 12, 2009 07:13:00 am

Information redacted from a British High Court decision released last week has been withheld from US President Barack Obama and may hold key information about British involvement in the alleged torture of Guantanamo...

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Mao Zedong widow sentenced to death in China

On January 25, 1981, Jiang Qing, the widow of Mao Zedong, was sentenced to death by a special court in China. The charges stemmed primarily from Jiang's role in the Cultural Revolution. Saying "I was Chairman Mao's dog. I bit whomever he asked me to bite," Qing unsuccessfully argued that she was merely acting at the direction of her late husband, who had died five years earlier. In 1983, Jiang's sentence was commuted to life in prison so that she would have "time to repent." Her official trial documents have still not been released.

Charles Manson and "family" convicted of Tate murders

On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three women of his "family" were convicted of murder and conspiracy for the 1969 slayings of seven people, including actress Sharon Tate. Learn more about the trial of Charles Manson from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

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