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News Federal report says paperless electronic voting machines cannot be made secure
Federal report says paperless electronic voting machines cannot be made secure
Ned Mulcahy
December 2, 2006 02:55:00 pm

Software-dependent electronic voting machines, "are not viable for future voting systems" and "in practical terms cannot be made secure," according to a draft report prepared by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

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News UN rights panel recommends Israel pay reparations for Lebanon damages
UN rights panel recommends Israel pay reparations for Lebanon damages
Ned Mulcahy
December 2, 2006 02:08:00 pm

A UN Human Rights Council commission of inquiry has recommended that Israel be made to compensate Lebanon for damages the Israeli military inflicted during the 33-day conflict in the Middle East . Specifically,...

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News Federal judge rules US currency discriminates against blind
Federal judge rules US currency discriminates against blind
Ned Mulcahy
November 28, 2006 07:09:00 pm

In a Tuesday ruling , Judge James Robertson of the US District Court for the District of Columbia declared that "the Treasury Department’s failure to design and issue paper currency that is readily distinguishable to blind and...

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News Yemen editor convicted for printing Muhammad cartoons
Yemen editor convicted for printing Muhammad cartoons
Ned Mulcahy
November 25, 2006 11:24:00 am

A Yemeni court has convicted Kamal al-Aalafi, editor-in-chief of the al-Rai al-Aam newspaper, and sentenced him to one year in jail for violating Article 103 of the Press and Publications Law of 1990 ...

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News Cambodia genocide judges not yet agreed on trial rules
Cambodia genocide judges not yet agreed on trial rules
Ned Mulcahy
November 25, 2006 10:06:00 am

Officials with the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) said Saturday that a meeting of the tribunal's judges convened to consider Draft Internal Rules for pending genocide trials of former...

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Congo presidential hopeful files high court election challenge
Ned Mulcahy
November 18, 2006 04:11:00 pm

Democratic Republic of Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba filed an anticipated challenge to the results of last month's presidential run-off election in the country's Supreme Court...

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News Ex-Enron executives get reduced prison terms after co-operating with prosecutors
Ex-Enron executives get reduced prison terms after co-operating with prosecutors
Ned Mulcahy
November 18, 2006 02:55:00 pm

Texas US District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. sentenced former Enron executives Michael Kopper and Mark Koenig to 37- and 18-month prison terms respectively Friday for their role in the corporate scandal....

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News Another Marine pleads not guilty in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Another Marine pleads not guilty in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
Ned Mulcahy
November 14, 2006 06:31:00 pm

US Marine Cpl. Trent D. Thomas pleaded not guilty Tuesday at his arraignment hearing to charges of murder, kidnapping, and other offenses related to the death of an Iraqi man in Hamdania ....

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News UN human rights chief calls for disarming of Darfur militias
UN human rights chief calls for disarming of Darfur militias
Ned Mulcahy
November 11, 2006 03:09:00 pm

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour warned on Friday that continued movements by armed militias in the western region of Darfur will lead to more atrocities against ethnic African civilians....

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News Libya AIDS trial verdict to be announced in December
Libya AIDS trial verdict to be announced in December
Ned Mulcahy
November 4, 2006 04:25:00 pm

The judge presiding at the Libyan trial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician for allegedly infecting over 400 children with the HIV virus announced Saturday that the verdict in the case will be rendered...

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Gandhi sentenced for sedition after civil disobedience campaign

On March 18, 1922, a court in British-ruled India sentenced Mohandas Gandhi to six years in prison for sedition in connection with his civil disobedience campaign for Indian home rule.

Read Gandhi's famous statement to the trial court. Gandhi served two years of his sentence and was then released.

Supreme Court requires states to provide counsel for indigent defendants

On March 18, 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court in Gideon v. Wainwright held that the Constitution requires states to provide counsel for indigent criminal defendants. For a unanimous Court, Justice Hugo Black wrote, "any person haled into court, who is too poor to hire a lawyer, cannot be assured a fair trial unless counsel is provided for him." Counsel had been required for indigent federal defendants since 1938.

Read a history of the Right to Counsel from the National Legal Aid and Defender Association.

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