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Arkansas holds first execution in 11 years following denied Supreme Court petition
Ram Eachambadi
April 21, 2017 10:45:13 am

The state of Arkansas on Thursday held the execution of Ledell Lee, the first in the state in 11 years. The sentence was carried out following the denial earlier that day by the US Supreme Court [official...

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Michigan doctor charged with female genital mutilation
Ram Eachambadi
April 14, 2017 10:57:10 am

Physician Jumana Nagarwala, was charged Thursday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan for performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on minors out of a medical office in Livonia, Michigan. According to...

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UN official: Mali peace agreement still threatened
Ram Eachambadi
April 7, 2017 10:46:27 am

UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix described the security situation in Mali as "alarming" during his first briefing on Thursday. While acknowledging the progress resulting since the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali ...

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Scotland formally requests second referendum on independence from UK
Ram Eachambadi
March 31, 2017 11:49:13 am

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has acknowledged receipt of a signed letter from Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon formally demanding a second referendum on Scotland's independence from the UK. In her letter, Sturgeon expressed frustration...

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Former South Korea president arrested
Ram Eachambadi
March 31, 2017 10:36:55 am

The recently-impeached South Korea President Guen-Hye Park was arrested Friday on charges of bribery, coercion, abuse of power, and leaking government secrets. Park may be facing an additional nine other charges and can be held behind bars for...

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March 24, 2017 01:18:46 pm

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday ordered an expedited schedule for the appeal of a lower court ruling blocking the travel ban executive order by President Donald Trump . The...

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Senate introduces bill to expand Iran sanctions
Ram Eachambadi
March 24, 2017 12:34:27 pm

A group of a dozen US Senators introduced the "Countering Iran's Destabilizing Activities Act of 2017" Thursday to expand sanctions on Iran for ballistic missile development, support for terrorism, transfers of conventional weapons, and human rights violations. The...

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South Korea court reassigns Samsung case to new trial judge
Ram Eachambadi
March 17, 2017 12:18:00 pm

The Seoul Central District Court said on Friday that it has reassigned the bribery case of Samsung Group's would-be chief Jae-yong Lee to a new judge, after reports surfaced on Thursday concerning the previous...

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Orlando chief prosecutor rejects death penalty for all future cases
Ram Eachambadi
March 17, 2017 10:48:35 am

Orlando, Florida, Chief Prosecutor Aramis Ayala, announced on Thursday that her office will no longer seek the death penalty in Osceola and Orange counties, prompting Florida Governor Rick Scott to issue an executive order removing her...

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Federal appeals court rules Native American tribe has groundwater rights
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March 8, 2017 03:02:28 pm

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday affirmed a lower court ruling that the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians has federally established rights to groundwater...

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Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes

On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.

Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.

Massachusetts enacted Vietnam antiwar bill

On April 2, 1970, the Governor of Massachusetts signed into law an anti-Vietnam War bill providing that no inhabitant of Massachusetts inducted into or serving in the armed forces "shall be required to serve" abroad in an armed hostility that had not been declared a war by Congress under Article I, Section 8, clause 11 of the United States Constitution.

Supporters of the legislation hoped that the US Supreme Court would seize on the obvious conflict that the bill created between state and federal law and would rule on the constitutionality of the Vietnam War itself, but the Court refused to exercise original jurisdiction, forcing the case into the lower federal courts. See Anthony D'Amato, Massachusetts In The Federal Courts: The Constitutionality Of The Vietnam War [PDF], 4 Journal of Law Reform (1970).

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