Doe v. Ashcroft [Patriot Act ruling] News
Doe v. Ashcroft [Patriot Act ruling]

Judge Victor Marrero, United States Distrcit Court, Southern District of New York, September 29, 2004 [ruling that the section of the USA Patriot Act allowing authorities to demand financial records from companies in terrorism investigations is unconstitutional]. Read the opinion here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Tojo and other Japanese WWII leaders executed for war crimes

On December 23, 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed for war crimes in Tokyo.

Learn more about the Tokyo War Crimes Trials.

Terry Nichols convicted for Oklahoma City bombing

On December 23, 1997, Terry Nichols was found guilty of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter for assisting Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He was later sentenced to life in prison. On April 19, 1995, McVeigh detonated a truck bomb that gutted the building and killed 168 people, making it the deadliest terrorist attack on US. soil until the attacks of September 11, 2001. McVeigh was convicted for his role before Nichols on June 2, 1997. Learn more about the trials of Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh.