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News DOJ agrees not to oppose suppression of Guantanamo detainee confession
DOJ agrees not to oppose suppression of Guantanamo detainee confession
Christian Ehret
July 16, 2009 01:36:00 pm

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) stated on Wednesday that they do not oppose a motion to suppress the allegedly torture-induced confession of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Jawad . Jawad's...

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News Canada intelligence service criticized for role in interrogating Khadr
Canada intelligence service criticized for role in interrogating Khadr
Christian Ehret
July 16, 2009 11:45:00 am

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was criticized by the Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) Wednesday for its role in interrogating Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr . The committee reported...

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News Switzerland court releases ex-Congo leader Mobutu assets to heirs
Switzerland court releases ex-Congo leader Mobutu assets to heirs
Christian Ehret
July 16, 2009 10:09:00 am

The Swiss Federal Criminal Court on Tuesday released the frozen assets of former Zaire leader Mobutu Sese Seko . The court ruled that the approximately 7.7 million Swiss francs stored in...

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News Fourth Circuit rules Maryland liquor regulations violate federal antitrust law
Fourth Circuit rules Maryland liquor regulations violate federal antitrust law
Christian Ehret
July 16, 2009 08:27:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled Wednesday that Maryland alcohol price regulations violate federal antitrust laws. The court upheld their previous ruling from 2001 that state pricing schemes for...

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News Putin urges Russia lawmakers to approve stricter antitrust measures
Putin urges Russia lawmakers to approve stricter antitrust measures
Christian Ehret
July 15, 2009 02:13:00 pm

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin urged lawmakers Tuesday to pass an antitrust bill that would impose criminal penalties for unfair competition. The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service [official website,...

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SEC chair pledges stronger enforcement in House hearing
Christian Ehret
July 15, 2009 11:38:00 am

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is engaging in more vigorous enforcement of its rules and policies in order to address the financial crisis and improve investor protection, Chairman Mary Schapiro testified before...

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News Iran election demonstration death toll exceeds reported numbers: rights group
Iran election demonstration death toll exceeds reported numbers: rights group
Christian Ehret
July 15, 2009 09:46:00 am

The number of deaths during post-election protests in Tehran exceeds government reports , the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) reported Wednesday. The rights group claims that at least 34 demonstrators died on June...

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News Fourth Circuit to rehear oral arguments in Moussaoui appeal
Fourth Circuit to rehear oral arguments in Moussaoui appeal
Christian Ehret
July 15, 2009 08:23:00 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday ordered new arguments in the case of convicted terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui . The court is rehearing the case due to the...

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News Spain court dismisses charges against US soldiers for killing journalist in Iraq
Spain court dismisses charges against US soldiers for killing journalist in Iraq
Christian Ehret
July 14, 2009 03:32:00 pm

The Spanish National Court on Tuesday dismissed charges against three US soldiers who were accused of being involved in the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso . The soldiers allegedly opened fire on a...

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Federal judge allows class-action status for immigrant fee challenge
Christian Ehret
July 14, 2009 01:45:00 pm

A federal judge on Monday granted class-action status to approximately 400,000 immigrants from Central America who allege that a separate service fee for immigration applicants violates a federal law . Judge Thelton Henderson of the...

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Debs sentenced for leadership of Pullman strike

On December 15, 1894, US labor leader and socialist Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to six months imprisonment for his leadership of the Pullman railroad strike.

Read a review of David Jay Papke, The Pullman Case: The Clash of Law and Capital in Industrial America (1998). Listen to brief remarks by Eugene V. Debs recorded in 1904. Visit the website of the Eugene V. Debs Foundation and tour the Debs House.

Adolf Eichmann sentenced to death in Israel

On December 15, 1961, former-Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann sentenced to death in Jerusalem, Israel. Known as the "architect of the Holocaust", Eichmann escaped to Argentina after World War II, until he was captured there by Israeli agents in 1960.

Learn more about the trial of Adolf Eichmann from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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