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News London police face charges in Brazilian subway shooting case
London police face charges in Brazilian subway shooting case
Tom Henry
February 20, 2006 12:16:00 pm

British officials from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) who are investigating the killing of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistakenly shot by London police last year after the London bombings , plan to...

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News McDonald’s facing lawsuits over disclosed allergens in french fries
McDonald’s facing lawsuits over disclosed allergens in french fries
Tom Henry
February 20, 2006 11:38:00 am

McDonald's is facing multiple legal actions after the fast-food giant admitted last week that milk and wheat ingredients are used to flavor its trademark french fries. Lawsuits in Illinois, California and Florida have been filed by two...

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News Egypt rights groups condemn defamation charges against judges
Egypt rights groups condemn defamation charges against judges
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 10:29:00 am

Human rights groups have condemned the Egyptian Higher Judiciary Council's decision to strip three judges of immunity after they protested voting irregularities during the December parliamentary elections. Members of a group known as the Judges...

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News Ninth Circuit refuses stay of execution for California death row inmate
Ninth Circuit refuses stay of execution for California death row inmate
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 10:02:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

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News British historian pleads guilty in Austria to denying Holocaust
British historian pleads guilty in Austria to denying Holocaust
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 09:38:00 am

British historian David Irving has pleaded guilty before an Austrian criminal court to charges of denying the World War II Holocaust . Irving, 68, was arrested in Austria in November...

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Interrogation issues memo [US Navy GC]
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 20, 2006 09:30:00 am

Statement for the Record: Office of General Counsel Involvement in Interrogation Issues, US Navy General Counsel Alberto J. Mora, July 7, 2004 ....

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Belgium first country to ban cluster bombs
Lisl Brunner
February 20, 2006 09:03:00 am

Belgium has become the first country in the world to ban the manufacture and use of cluster bombs following passage of legislation by a sound majority of its lower house of parliament. The...

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News Sudan president says no extradition of Darfur war crimes suspects
Sudan president says no extradition of Darfur war crimes suspects
jstaff
February 20, 2006 08:55:00 am

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has again said that his country refuses to extradite any Sudanese citizens for prosecution by the International Criminal Court . In remarks made during this weekend's celebration of the golden...

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Frist says changes to surveillance legislation unnecessary
jstaff
February 20, 2006 08:24:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) said Sunday that existing legislation governing domestic surveillance does not need to be rewritten or updated. Appearing on CBS News' Face the Nation, Frist also said that he...

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European ambassadors call for Guantanamo Bay base closure
jstaff
February 20, 2006 07:47:00 am

The French, German, and British ambassadors to the US on Sunday called for the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, with French Ambassador Jean-David Levitte going so far as to call...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Justinian I issues Corpus Juris Civilis

On April 7, 529 Byzantine Emperor Justinian I issued the first draft of Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law). The Justinian Code represented a revival of Roman Law and a compilation of laws for the Byzantine Empire. It became the foundation of Canon Law in the Catholic Church and Civil Law in modern Europe. Learn more about the Corpus Juris Civilis.

Supreme Court ruled on possession of obscene materials

On April 7, 1969, the US Supreme Court ruled in Stanley v. Georgia that laws prohibiting private possession of obscene materials were unconstitutional.

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