England defense attorneys lose motion to throw out Abu Ghraib abuse statements News
England defense attorneys lose motion to throw out Abu Ghraib abuse statements

[JURIST] Military judge Col. Stephen Henley Thursday denied a motion by lawyers representing Pfc. Lynndie England to suppress two written statements made by England describing the physical abuse and sexual degradation of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Henley did throw out a third statement, however. CNN has more. JURIST's Paper Chase has ongoing coverage of the Lynndie England case.

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.