Police immunity ruling [DC Circuit] News
Police immunity ruling [DC Circuit]

Jeffrey Barham et al. v. Charles H. Ramsay, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, January 13, 2006 [refusing to grant immunity to two police officials named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 386 people who were roped off at Pershing Park and arrested during protests at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting in 2002]. Read the full text of the ruling. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Trial of Saddam Hussein begins

On October 19, 2005, former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was put on trial for crimes against humanity committed during his time in office. He was convicted and sentenced to death on November 6, 2006. The execution took place on the following December 30. Learn more about the Trial of Saddam Hussein from the US Law Library of Congress.

Stamp Act Congress approved Declaration of Rights

On October 19, 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York in the wake of Parliament's passage of the controversial Stamp Act imposing a tax for the upkeep of British troops in North America, approved a Declaration of Rights enumerating the rights and grievances of the American colonies.