Life without parole bill [TX Senate] News
Life without parole bill [TX Senate]

An Act relating to the representation of certain defendants in capital
cases and to the punishment for a capital felony or other felony
punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding 99 years, Texas Senate; SB 60 passed May 28, 2005 [giving jurors in capital murder cases the option of sentencing a defendant to life in prison without parole instead of death]. Read the full text of the bill. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.