Suspects in Paris attacks face Belgium court News
Suspects in Paris attacks face Belgium court

[JURIST] Courts in Belgium heard cases on Thursday concerning the attacks in Paris. One of the hearings [ABC News report] concerned whether Salah Abdeslam would be remanded in custody before being transferred to the French government. Last week following a court decision in Brussels, Belgium, authorities agreed to extradite Paris attack [JURIST report] suspect Abdeslam to France.

The attacks in Paris began on November 13, 2015, with a suicide bombing at the Stade de France around 9:20 PM local time. Soon thereafter, individuals riding in a Seat brand car opened fire on individuals outside cafes around Paris. At around 9:40 PM, assailants fired on concert-goers at the Bataclan concert hall, killing 89. Molins related that these individuals were using “war-type weapons” and explosives, further indicating association with the Islamic State. Speaking about the attacks generally, French President François Hollande called [BBC report] them “an act of war,” and vowed that the French “will lead the fight, and we will be ruthless.”

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US Supreme Court ruled Indians not US citizens

On November 3, 1884, the US Supreme Court ruled in Elk v. Wilkins that John Elk, an American Indian who had tried to vote in a federal election in Omaha, Nebraska, was not a US citizen entitled to the protection of the 14th and 15th Amendments of the US Constitution. Native Americans became eligible for citizenship in 1887 under the Dawes Act, but only in 1924, under the Indian Citizenship Act, were all Native Americans born in the US made citizens.

Last public execution at Tyburn Gallows in London

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin's execution, Tyburn served as London's primary location for public executions.

Learn more about the trial of John Austin.