Iraq Study Group Report [ISG] News
Iraq Study Group Report [ISG]

Iraq Study Group Report, Iraq Study Group, December 7, 2006 [recommending that the Bush Administration provide "strong" support and funding for US Justice Department efforts in Iraq "to establish courts; to train judges, prosecutors and investigators; and to create institutions and practices to fight corruption"]. Read the full text of the report [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

THIS DAY @ LAW

Massachusetts instituted death penalty for heresy

On November 4, 1646, the Massachusetts General Court approved a law requiring all members of the colony to recognize the Bible as the Word of God, under penalty of death.  

Israel PM Yitzhak Rabin assassinated

On November 4, 1995, Yigal Amir shot and killed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in response to the Oslo Accords peace agreement with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Amir was tried and given a life sentence for the murder. Learn more about the trial of Yigal Amir from the New York Times.