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News US military will not classify parts of new interrogation field manual, officials say
US military will not classify parts of new interrogation field manual, officials say
James M Yoch Jr
June 13, 2006 07:33:00 pm

The new US Army Field Manual on Intelligence Interrogation will not contain a classified section, despite warnings from some in the Department of Defense that disclosing certain techniques would undermine the ability of interrogators to...

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News Former Atlanta mayor sentenced to over two years in prison for tax evasion
Former Atlanta mayor sentenced to over two years in prison for tax evasion
James M Yoch Jr
June 13, 2006 07:09:00 pm

Former Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell was sentenced to 2 1/2 years imprisonment Tuesday for three tax evasion charges on which he was convicted in March . Judge Richard Story of the US District Court for the...

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News Guantanamo suicides spark renewed calls for release of Saudi detainees
Guantanamo suicides spark renewed calls for release of Saudi detainees
James M Yoch Jr
June 11, 2006 05:24:00 pm

The suicides of three detainees , two Saudis and a Yemeni, at Guantanamo Bay on Saturday prompted Saudi Interior Ministry officials to renew calls on Sunday for all Saudi prisoners to be released from the...

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News Specter demands administration cooperation in drafting domestic spying rules
Specter demands administration cooperation in drafting domestic spying rules
James M Yoch Jr
June 11, 2006 04:46:00 pm

US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) said on Sunday that he plans to demand hearings and issue subpoenas for telephone company executives to discuss the program of disclosing public calling records to the...

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News ABA calls for death penalty moratorium in Alabama
ABA calls for death penalty moratorium in Alabama
James M Yoch Jr
June 11, 2006 04:02:00 pm

The American Bar Association death penalty assessment team recommended a moratorium on the death penalty in Alabama in a report released Sunday that cited major flaws in the state's administration...

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News Marine says Haditha killings were unintentional, rules of engagement followed
Marine says Haditha killings were unintentional, rules of engagement followed
James M Yoch Jr
June 11, 2006 03:30:00 pm

US Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich , commander of the platoon implicated in the deaths of two dozen Iraqi civilians in Haditha , told his attorney that his unit followed the rules of engagement and did not...

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News More details of alleged Canada terror plot emerge after court hearing
More details of alleged Canada terror plot emerge after court hearing
James M Yoch Jr
June 6, 2006 07:19:00 pm

Fifteen of the 17 Canadian terror suspects arrested Friday on suspicion of planning attacks in southern Ontario and Toronto appeared in court in Brampton, Ontario, near Toronto Tuesday. Although an eight-page document prepared by Crown prosecutors detailing...

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News Egypt extends detentions of pro-reform demonstrators
Egypt extends detentions of pro-reform demonstrators
James M Yoch Jr
June 6, 2006 05:35:00 pm

Prosecutors in Egypt on Tuesday added 15 days to the detention time for 185 people who have participated in pro-reform demonstrations since April. All but 21 of the detainees are members of the Muslim Brotherhood [movement...

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News Colorado Supreme Court sustains assault weapons ban in Denver
Colorado Supreme Court sustains assault weapons ban in Denver
James M Yoch Jr
June 5, 2006 08:18:00 pm

A ban on assault weapons in the city of Denver was affirmed by operation of law on Monday when the Colorado Supreme Court deadlocked in a 3-3 vote with one judge abstaining...

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Padilla says FBI evidence against him illegally obtained
James M Yoch Jr
June 5, 2006 07:52:00 pm

A lawyer for terror suspect Jose Padilla has filed a motion to suppress evidence he claims the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) obtained illegally from two sources, one which...

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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.

UN Drug Trafficking Convention signed

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.

Learn more about the treaty from the UN.

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