Judge authorizes forced feeding of DC sniper News
Judge authorizes forced feeding of DC sniper

[JURIST] Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James L. Ryan issued an order Thursday allowing corrections officials to forcibly feed and hydrate John Allen Muhammad [Wikipedia profile], who received the death penalty [JURIST report] for a murder during the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks [Wikipedia backgrounder], if he did not voluntarily end his hunger strike. Muhammad, currently awaiting trial for six more murders committed during the attacks, had not eaten since his Monday transfer from death row [JURIST report] in Virginia to the Montgomery County Correctional Facility, leading doctors to conclude his health and life were at risk. He was allegedly upset that the facility did not accommodate his vegan diet or his desired schedule for meals and demanded more access to his legal materials. AP has more. The Baltimore Sun has local coverage.

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UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied in Six Days' War

On November 22, 1967, the UN Security Council called for Israeli withdrawal from territories occupied during the Six Days' War, and for respect of the right of all States in the area to "live in peace within secure and recognized boundaries." Read Resolution 242, which remains a cornerstone of efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.

President Kennedy assassinated, VP Lyndon Johnson sworn inin

On November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Later that day, Vice-President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in as the 36th President of the United States. Earl Warren, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, was later tasked with leading a commission to investigate the assassination. President Johnson received the final report of the Warren Commission on September 24, 1964. Read the Warren Commission Report.