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News US House bill introduced to help shield reporters
US House bill introduced to help shield reporters
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 02:16:00 pm

A bill seeking to impose stricter standards on federal courts before they can issue subpoenas to reporters was introduced in the US House Wednesday. According to Congressman Mike Pence , the Free Flow...

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News NYSE releases report on former head’s compensation
NYSE releases report on former head’s compensation
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 01:26:00 pm

The New York Stock Exchange released a previously confidential report Wednesday that provides details of former Chairman Richard Grasso's compensation package. New York Supreme Court Justice Charles Ramos ruled last week that the so-called Webb...

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News Kansas house ready to approve amendment to ban same-sex marriage
Kansas house ready to approve amendment to ban same-sex marriage
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 01:19:00 pm

The Kansas House of Representatives has given its preliminary approval to a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage and would prohibit the state from allowing civil unions or granting benefits normally associated with...

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News EU supports UN plan to try Sudan war criminals at ICC
EU supports UN plan to try Sudan war criminals at ICC
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 12:46:00 pm

A European Union spokesperson said Wednesday that the EU supports the UN proposal to try those suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur at the International Criminal...

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News Chertoff pledges to balance security, rights if confirmed as Homeland Secretary
Chertoff pledges to balance security, rights if confirmed as Homeland Secretary
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 2, 2005 11:13:00 am

Federal appeals judge Michael Chertoff told a Senate committee Wednesday that if he were confirmed as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security he would balance "the imperatives of security with the preservation of liberty...

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News Ashcroft slams Supreme Court sentencing ruling
Ashcroft slams Supreme Court sentencing ruling
D. Wes Rist
February 2, 2005 10:53:00 am

Outgoing US Attorney General John Ashcroft took some parting shots Tuesday at a recent Supreme Court sentencing ruling and at critics opposed to renewal of the Patriot Act. Addressing a staunchly conservative crowd at...

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News American Bar Association asks Bush for torture probe
American Bar Association asks Bush for torture probe
Bernard Hibbitts | JURIST Staff
February 2, 2005 10:39:00 am

The American Bar Association has called on President Bush to launch an independent investigation into "hundreds of alleged incidents of torture, even including murder, practiced against Iraqi civilians in U.S. military custody." In a letter to the President Tuesday,...

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News Another Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty
Another Abu Ghraib guard pleads guilty
D. Wes Rist
February 2, 2005 09:40:00 am

A second guard charged in the torture of inmates at Abu Ghraib pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges and was sentenced to prison time. Specialist Roman Krol, a Russian-born US citizen serving as an interrogator for...

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News Thousands turned away from Iraq polls due to lack of ballots
Thousands turned away from Iraq polls due to lack of ballots
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 08:30:00 am

Iraqi interim President Ghazi al-Yawer has said that tens of thousands of would-be voters were unable to vote in the Iraqi elections because several polling places, including those in Baghdad, Basra and Najaf ran...

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Bosnia asks for release of six Gitmo detainees
Jeannie Shawl
February 2, 2005 07:45:00 am

Bosnian officials have asked the US government to hand over six men detained at Guantanamo Bay after families of the men staged a protest in Sarajevo . The six, all Algerians, were arrested in October 2001 on...

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38 Santee Sioux hanged by US for rebellion

On December 26, 1862, 38 Santee Sioux men were hanged in a mass execution for their roles in a rebellion against US authorities in Minnesota which left hundreds dead and made refugees of some 40,000 white settlers. Government annuities promised under a treaty with the Sioux had failed to arrive on schedule and credit for purchases was not advanced in the meantime, threatening the tribe with starvation. The Santee Sioux Tribe's members were deported first to South Dakota and ultimately to Nebraska, where they remain today. Learn more about the 1862 Minnesota Sioux Rebellion.

Louis XVI put on trial during French Revolution

On December 26, 1792, Romain de Sèze, a defense attorney for deposed King Louis XVI, presented a defense of his client. The former King was on trial before a French Revolutionary court on thirty-three charges, including treason and other crimes against the state. He was convicted on January 15, 1793 executed by guillotine on the following January 21.

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