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Release the Cleared Guantanamo Detainees to End the Hunger Strike

April 30, 2013 11:30:00 AM

David Frakt, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

April 1, 2013 09:40:06 AM

Approximately 250 Yemeni demonstrators gathered Monday in front of the US Embassy in Sanna to demand the release of Yemeni detainees held at Guantanamo Bay . According to media sources, 90 out the 166 remaining Guantanamo...

February 5, 2013 12:49:39 PM

Colonel James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the trial of suspected USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , on Monday ordered a mental health examination for the defendant to determine whether he is competent to stand...

October 23, 2012 02:35:00 PM

David Frakt, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

September 20, 2012 08:30:00 AM

David Frakt, University of Pittsburgh School of Law

June 9, 2012 09:50:48 AM

Defense lawyers for the alleged architect of the USS Cole bombing, Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri , on Friday requested that the court allow for worldwide broadcast of the Guantanamo trial, instead of limited broadcast...

March 2, 2012 03:00:00 PM

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Andrea Prasow of Human Rights Watch says that one of the reasons Majid Khan was not tried in civilian court and was offered a plea deal by Guantanamo prosecutors was to prevent him from testifying on...

February 22, 2012 09:42:24 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday affirmed the dismissal of wrongful death claims by the families of two former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Yasser Al-Zahrani of Saudi...

September 29, 2011 12:56:20 PM

The US Department of Defense (DOD) Wednesday officially referred charges against a high-profile Guantanamo Bay detainee who allegedly planned the 2000 attack on the USS Cole that left 17 sailors dead...

June 22, 2011 11:16:33 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a torture suit against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld brought by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).