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News China adopts private property protection law
China adopts private property protection law
Jeannie Shawl
March 16, 2007 07:58:00 am

The Chinese National People's Congress on Friday approved a landmark law protecting private property by a 2799-52 vote. Chinese lawmakers have been considering the bill for over 13 years, and the final...

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News Iraq tribunal upholds death penalty for Saddam VP as lawyer petitions US general
Iraq tribunal upholds death penalty for Saddam VP as lawyer petitions US general
Jeannie Shawl
March 15, 2007 03:44:00 pm

The appeals chamber of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) on Thursday upheld the death penalty for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan , rejecting his appeal of...

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News JURIST 10th anniversary conference set for March 29
JURIST 10th anniversary conference set for March 29
Jeannie Shawl
March 14, 2007 11:20:00 am

In celebration of JURIST's 10th anniversary, JURIST and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law are hosting a one-day conference in Pittsburgh on Thursday, March 29. Law as a Seamless Web|site will feature four panels and...

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News Saddam VP asks Iraq tribunal to lift death sentence
Saddam VP asks Iraq tribunal to lift death sentence
Jeannie Shawl
March 14, 2007 10:10:00 am

Defense lawyers for former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan have filed an appeal with the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) , asking the court to overturn Ramadan's death...

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News Gonzales resignation urged after report on FBI privacy breaches
Gonzales resignation urged after report on FBI privacy breaches
Jeannie Shawl
March 12, 2007 09:01:00 am

Several high-ranking Democratic senators have called for the resignation of US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales in the wake of revelations in an official audit that the FBI broke and misused laws in the process of...

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News Sudanese appeal forces trial delay for Darfur suspect accused by ICC
Sudanese appeal forces trial delay for Darfur suspect accused by ICC
Jeannie Shawl
March 8, 2007 04:34:00 pm

The Sudanese trial of Ali Kushayb , one of the two suspects accused by the International Criminal Court (ICC) of committing war crimes in Sudan's Darfur region, and two other security officials has been delayed after Kushayb...

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News Senate backs limits on proposed TSA labor union rights
Senate backs limits on proposed TSA labor union rights
Jeannie Shawl
March 8, 2007 12:35:00 pm

The US Senate voted 51-48 Wednesday to adopt an amendment to a new anti-terror bill , weakening union rights that would be granted to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport screeners under the bill. President Bush...

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News UK MPs back elections to House of Lords
UK MPs back elections to House of Lords
Jeannie Shawl
March 8, 2007 09:58:00 am

The UK House of Commons backed two different proposals Wednesday on reforming the upper house of parliament , the House of Lords . Members of the House of Lords currently are appointed or...

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News Hicks arraignment before Guantanamo military commission set for March 20
Hicks arraignment before Guantanamo military commission set for March 20
Jeannie Shawl
March 8, 2007 09:15:00 am

Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee David Hicks will be arraigned before a US military commission on March 20, marking his first commission appearance after over five years in US detention. Australian Prime Minister John Howard...

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News Indian Trust plaintiffs reject $7 billion US settlement offer
Indian Trust plaintiffs reject $7 billion US settlement offer
Jeannie Shawl
March 7, 2007 09:57:00 am

Native American plaintiffs in the decade-old Indian Trust case have rejected a new $7 billion settlement proposal from the US government but the chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee nonetheless says...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution

On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety took power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchmen and women had been executed by guillotine. Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

'Scottsboro boys' put on trial for alleged rape of white women

On April 6, 1931, the nine "Scottsboro boys" were put on trial in Alabama on false charges of raping two white women during a freight train trip from Tennessee. Learn more about the trial of the Scottsboro boys.

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