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News Connecticut residents sue ICE over constitutionality of immigration raids
Connecticut residents sue ICE over constitutionality of immigration raids
Ximena Marinero
October 29, 2009 07:43:00 am

Ten residents of New Haven, Connecticut, filed a lawsuit Wednesday against several US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, alleging violations of the Fourth, Fifth, and Tenth Amendments in planning and carrying out...

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News Obama signs bill expanding hate crimes protections
Obama signs bill expanding hate crimes protections
Ximena Marinero
October 29, 2009 06:44:00 am

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law a defense appropriations bill that contains a measure extending the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The president hailed...

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News Senate approves bill extending hate crimes protection
Senate approves bill extending hate crimes protection
Ximena Marinero
October 23, 2009 07:28:00 am

The US Senate on Thursday voted 68-29 to approve a bill that extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. The Matthew Shepard and...

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News US urges Sri Lanka to investigate and prosecute armed conflict rights violations
US urges Sri Lanka to investigate and prosecute armed conflict rights violations
Ximena Marinero
October 23, 2009 06:27:00 am

Sri Lanka must investigate reports of human rights violations and war crimes during the last months of the internal armed civil conflict by both government and rebel forces and prosecute those responsible, the US Department of State...

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News Kuwait constitutional court rules women do not need permission to get passport
Kuwait constitutional court rules women do not need permission to get passport
Ximena Marinero
October 22, 2009 08:18:00 am

The Kuwaiti Constitutional Court ruled Tuesday that a 1962 law requiring a woman's male guardian to grant her permission to obtain a passport is unconstitutional. The court found that the article in the Personal Status Law...

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News Guinea foreign minister to ICC: junta will prosecute rights abuses
Guinea foreign minister to ICC: junta will prosecute rights abuses
Ximena Marinero
October 22, 2009 07:16:00 am

Guinean Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexandre Cece Loua said during a visit to the International Criminal Court (ICC) Wednesday that the Guinean judiciary is capable of and intends to investigate and prosecute any...

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News France constitutional court strikes down laws legalizing Islamic finance instruments
France constitutional court strikes down laws legalizing Islamic finance instruments
Ximena Marinero
October 16, 2009 08:32:00 am

The French Constitutional Court on Wednesday struck down two articles in a small and medium enterprise (SME) access to credit law that would have legalized Islamic law compliant financial instruments in France....

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EU says Turkish rights record compromising accession bid
Ximena Marinero
October 16, 2009 06:30:00 am

Turkish human rights and foreign relations are reportedly compromising the country's efforts toward European Union (EU) accession, receiving mixed reviews Wednesday in the European Commission's annual reports on enlargement strategy and candidate progress . According to...

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News ICC investigating alleged Guinea military violence
ICC investigating alleged Guinea military violence
Ximena Marinero
October 15, 2009 07:53:00 am

Chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno Ocampo confirmed Wednesday that the Guinean military is under preliminary investigation for the September 28 incident at a Conakry pro-democracy rally...

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News Chile to apply antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous dissidents
Chile to apply antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous dissidents
Ximena Marinero
October 15, 2009 06:43:00 am

Chilean Subsecretary of the Interior Patricio Rosende announced Tuesday that Chile will use a 1984 antiterrorism law to prosecute indigenous Mapuches for attacks allegedly committed in the southern region of Araucania. The...

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First US execution by gas

On February 8, 1924, Gee Jon, a Chinese man convicted of murder, was executed by gas in Nevada and became the first person in the United States to be put to death in that manner.

The Nevada state legislature had eliminated hanging and shooting as a method of execution in 1921, and had provided for execution by lethal gas instead. Nevada sent 32 convicts to the gas chamber between 1924 and 1979. Learn more about the history of executions by gas in Nevada.

Mary, Queen of Scots executed

On February 8, 1587, Mary I of Scotland was executed for involvement in a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England. Before execution, Mary denied three times assisting the Babington Plot to murder her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, and crown Mary as ruler of Great Britain. Mary's guilt or innocence is debated to this day. Learn more about the Babington Plot.

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