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News Supreme Court to hear another Confrontation Clause case on admissibility of lab tests
Supreme Court to hear another Confrontation Clause case on admissibility of lab tests
Zach Zagger
June 28, 2011 11:45:50 am

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two additional cases Tuesday including a case similar to one decided last week involving whether the Confrontation Clause case blocks the admissibility of lab...

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News Convicted ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for manslaughter
Convicted ex-Blackwater contractor sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for manslaughter
Zach Zagger
June 28, 2011 10:26:20 am

A former contractor for Blackwater , now known as Xe Services , was sentenced Monday to two-and-a-half years in prison for the 2009 shooting of an unarmed Afghan civilian in Kabul. Justin Cannon was...

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News Supreme Court declines to hear tobacco class action suit
Supreme Court declines to hear tobacco class action suit
Maureen Cosgrove
June 28, 2011 10:17:12 am

The US Supreme Court on Monday denied certiorari in Philip Morris v. Jackson , declining to determine whether a state court erred in certifying a class of smokers...

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News Federal judge blocks Georgia immigration law
Federal judge blocks Georgia immigration law
Maureen Cosgrove
June 28, 2011 09:00:22 am

A judge for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Monday blocked two sections of the state's controversial immigration bill that was signed into law last month [JURIST...

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News Uruguay president to allow probe into military junta crimes
Uruguay president to allow probe into military junta crimes
Zach Zagger
June 28, 2011 08:52:42 am

Uruguay President Jose Mujica is removing 80 administrative acts blocking investigations into crimes committed by the military junta that ruled between 1973-85, Secretary of the Presidency Alberto Breccia announced [press release, in...

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News Illinois ex-Governor Blagojevich convicted on corruption charges
Illinois ex-Governor Blagojevich convicted on corruption charges
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 04:46:57 pm

A jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on Monday convicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts including attempting to sell the US...

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News Supreme Court rules sex offender registration suit moot
Supreme Court rules sex offender registration suit moot
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 03:50:08 pm

The US Supreme Court , ruled Monday in a per curiam opinion in US v. Juvenile Male that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had no authority to rule that the requirements of...

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News China rights activist released from prison after 3 years
China rights activist released from prison after 3 years
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 01:57:50 pm

Prominent Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia was released from prison on Sunday after serving three years for a subversion conviction. Hu was formally charged in February 2008 and subsequently sentenced to more than...

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News Supreme Court rules New Jersey court lacks personal jurisdiction over UK company
Supreme Court rules New Jersey court lacks personal jurisdiction over UK company
Zach Zagger
June 27, 2011 01:36:27 pm

The US Supreme Court in a plurality opinion Monday reversed the New Jersey Supreme Court's grant of personal jurisdiction over a UK company in a products liability suit. Robert Nicastro alleged that...

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News Ivory Coast authorities charge 15 Gbagbo subordinates with gang, economic crimes
Ivory Coast authorities charge 15 Gbagbo subordinates with gang, economic crimes
Maureen Cosgrove
June 27, 2011 01:21:47 pm

Fifteen associates of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo were charged on Sunday with crimes allegedly committed as a result of the country's post-election violence that has been ongoing since last November....

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Georgia became first US state to ban lynching

On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison. The statute was not particularly effective—read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.

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On December 20, 1988, the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances was signed in Vienna, Austria. The treaty provides mechanisms for international coordination in preventing the manufacture and distribution of drugs worldwide. Over 170 countries have signed the treaty to date.

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