Richard Reid accomplice to be sentenced Friday News
Richard Reid accomplice to be sentenced Friday

[JURIST] Saajid Badat [Wikipedia profile], the British man who has admitted to conspiring with "shoebomber" Richard Reid [Wikipedia profile] to blow up an aircraft, will be sentenced on Friday after entering a guilty plea to a conspiracy charge in February. Badat, who did not go forward with his plan, was to use an explosive device similar to the one Reid used when trying to blow up an American Airlines flight in 2001. Police found a bomb at Badat's home which he had made safe by separating the detonator and fuse from the plastic explosive to evade airport security. Reid was sentenced to life imprisonment by a US court in January 2003. Reuters has more.

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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.