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News Federal judges apply for home security systems on government tab
Federal judges apply for home security systems on government tab
Tom Henry
March 15, 2006 08:34:00 am

More than 1,500 US federal judges have requested government-paid home security systems approved by Congress last year, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday. After a man broke into the home of District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow and...

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News ‘Complete’ Abu Ghraib photo archive published online
‘Complete’ Abu Ghraib photo archive published online
Tom Henry
March 15, 2006 07:55:00 am

Almost 300 photographs and 19 videos showing abuse at Abu Ghraib prison have been published by Salon.com , in what Salon says is the entire archive of Army photographic materials related to abuse...

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News Former Saddam deputy PM held by US for trial seeks medical attention in Moscow
Former Saddam deputy PM held by US for trial seeks medical attention in Moscow
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 06:13:00 am

The Italian lawyer for former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has requested that Aziz be moved to Bakulev Heart Surgery Center in Moscow for heart treatment. Aziz is currently being held by US forces in Baghdad...

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News Abu Ghraib dogs used to terrify, humiliate detainees: court-martial witness
Abu Ghraib dogs used to terrify, humiliate detainees: court-martial witness
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 05:32:00 am

A witness at the court-martial of Abu Ghraib dog handler Sgt. Michael J. Smith told a military jury Tuesday that he saw Smith using his black Belgian shepherd to terrify two teenage detainees in...

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News UN wants Khmer Rouge genocide trial to start soon
UN wants Khmer Rouge genocide trial to start soon
Angela A. Onikepe
March 15, 2006 04:15:00 am

UN officials from the Office of Administration of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal are urging the timely start of the genocide trial of aging Khmer Rouge leaders, noting the weekend death of Slobodan Milosevic in the fifth...

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News Saddam Hussein rights case dismissal [ECHR]
Saddam Hussein rights case dismissal [ECHR]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 14, 2006 09:04:00 pm

Decision as to the Admissibility of Application no. 23276/04, by Saddam Hussein against Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom; European...

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News Moussaoui trial aviation evidence exclusion order [US DC]
Moussaoui trial aviation evidence exclusion order [US DC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
March 14, 2006 08:53:00 pm

Order as to the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss the Death Notice, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, March 14, 2006 [ruling that the government can continue to seek the death penalty in the Zacarias Moussaoui case,...

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News ICTY knew Milosevic had access to drugs, alcohol: officials
ICTY knew Milosevic had access to drugs, alcohol: officials
Joshua Pantesco
March 14, 2006 08:38:00 pm

Two anonymous officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said Tuesday that the Tribunal had been informed several times by the ICTY prison warden that former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic ,...

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News Energy executives defend high prices, mergers at Judiciary Committee hearing
Energy executives defend high prices, mergers at Judiciary Committee hearing
Joshua Pantesco
March 14, 2006 08:00:00 pm

Top executives from Exxon, Chevron, Shell and other major oil companies told members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing Tuesday that high oil prices could be reduced by opening onshore and offshore locations...

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News Vietnam War Marines deserter could be discharged in a week
Vietnam War Marines deserter could be discharged in a week
Andrew Wood
March 14, 2006 04:38:00 pm

The US Marine Corps said Tuesday that Allen Abney, a Vietnam War deserter who is now a Canadian citizen, will probably be released within a week from Camp Pendleton , California. Abney deserted the Corps and...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule. Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the US Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "Any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

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