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News Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect
Spain court seeks extradition of Guatemalan massacre suspect
LaToya Sawyer
April 4, 2011 02:36:20 pm

A Spanish court issued an international arrest warrant on Monday for the extradition of Jose Sosa Orantes, a former Guatemalan soldier being held in Canada for his involvement in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala's 36-year civil war ....

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News Argentina ex-general sentenced to life for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
Argentina ex-general sentenced to life for ‘Dirty War’ crimes
LaToya Sawyer
April 1, 2011 01:02:45 pm

An Argentine federal court on Thursday sentenced former general Eduardo Cabanillas to life in prison for his involvement in the nation's 1976-83 "Dirty War" . Cabanillas, who ran a secret Buenos Aires facility known as...

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News Sentencing of final Enron executive ends 8-year proceedings
Sentencing of final Enron executive ends 8-year proceedings
LaToya Sawyer
March 28, 2011 03:43:58 pm

A federal judge sentenced former Enron Broadband Services executive Rex Shelby to two years probation Monday on charges of insider trading. The sentencing marks the end of an eight-year long criminal prosecution of...

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News Spain denies legal status to new Basque political party
Spain denies legal status to new Basque political party
LaToya Sawyer
March 24, 2011 12:19:11 pm

The Spanish Supreme Court on Wednesday denied legal status to new political party, Sortu, in response to the government's concerns that its links to the Basque separatist group ETA ...

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Federal judge declines to rule on Blagojevich ‘cancel trial’ request
LaToya Sawyer
March 21, 2011 02:36:15 pm

A federal judge on Monday declined to formally rule on the request by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to cancel his retrial , claiming that the motion was neither serious, nor did it raise a...

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Libya officials could face prosecution for civilian attacks: ICC
LaToya Sawyer
March 18, 2011 01:28:33 pm

International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo warned Libyan government officials on Friday that war crimes prosecution could result for any indiscriminate attacks against civilians in Benghazi. Last week, the UN was called upon to...

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News ICC prosecutor warns Kenya suspects will be arrested if court rules not followed
ICC prosecutor warns Kenya suspects will be arrested if court rules not followed
LaToya Sawyer
March 14, 2011 02:17:38 pm

Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Monday warned the six Kenyans suspected of inciting the 2007-2008 post-election violence that arrests would ensue if they did not comply...

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Sierra Leone war crimes court to hear defense closing arguments
LaToya Sawyer
March 4, 2011 12:47:31 pm

The appeals chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) ruled Thursday that the trial can accept the final brief of former Liberian president Charles Taylor and that his...

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Italy court resumes PM Berlusconi’s tax fraud trial
LaToya Sawyer
February 28, 2011 02:48:38 pm

An Italian court on Monday resumed the trial of Prime Minster Silvio Berlusconi on tax fraud charges , just weeks after the Constitutional Court modified a law...

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Maryland Senate approves same sex marriage legislation
LaToya Sawyer
February 25, 2011 01:10:03 pm

The Maryland Senate approved legislation Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage . The bill, entitled Civil Marriage Protection Act, would alter existing legislation that validates only heterosexual marriage. Approval of the Act will give...

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying

On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.

Lockerbie bombers turned over for trial

On April 5, 1999, the government of Libya turned over to British authorities two of its citizens who were accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. The subsequent trial of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi and Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah began on May 3, 2000. When the court reached its verdict, Fhimah was found not guilty and returned to Libya, while Megrahi was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Learn more about the Lockerbie Air Disaster and the trial of Megrahi and Fhimah from the Syracuse University Law School. Also, learn more about the investigation into the disaster from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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