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Father of 'American Taliban' urges commuted sentence for son
The father of John Walker Lindh [CNN profile; JURIST news archive], the American caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, called on President Bush Thursday to grant his son clemency and commute his 20 year sentence in a speech to San (More) |
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DOJ seeks Google compliance with subpoena for search records
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a motion in federal court seeking to compel Internet search giant Google to comply with a subpoena issued last summer. The subpoena requests that Google provide a "multi-stage random sample of one (More) |
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BREAKING NEWS ~ Supreme Court upholds Oregon assisted suicide law
AP is reporting that the US Supreme Court has upheld Oregon's Death with Dignity Act , rejecting federal efforts to prevent doctors from assisting patients in taking their own lives. In 2001, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft ordered a halt (More) |
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Bush defends NSA wiretapping program, Schumer calls for testimony from top officials
President Bush on Sunday defended the NSA warrantless surveillance program , saying the program was "limited" and was not a violation of civil liberties. Answering questions about the program during a visit to wounded troops at the Brook (More) |
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Lindh makes second request for commuted prison sentence
An attorney for John Walker Lindh , the American caught fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, said Tuesday that Lindh has again asked President Bush to commute his 20-year prison sentence . Lindh was sentenced in 2002 after reaching a pl (More) |
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NAACP, ACLU seek Congressional modifications to Voting Rights Act
Representatives of the NAACP and the ACLU Voting Rights Project testified before the US House Judiciary Committee Wednesday as to how Congress should modify the Voting Rights Act when it comes up for renewal in 2007. The witnesses advocated tha (More) |
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New York doctor sentenced to 22 years for Iraq charity fraud
Dr. Rafil Dhafir, an oncologist in the Syracuse, New York area, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Thursday after being convicted of 59 charges in February, including mail and wire fraud, conspiracy, tax evasion and money laundering. Dhafir was (More) |
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Supreme Court hears physician-assisted suicide case
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Wednesday heard oral arguments on whether the federal government can halt doctors from assisting patients in taking their own lives under an Oregon statute allowing the practice. The ju (More) |
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Judge rejects Ashcroft claim that appeal rules not applicable in emergencies
A federal district judge Wednesday rejected a claim by former US Attorney General John Ashcroft [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] that the government should be exempt from certain regulations during national emergencies and allowed the contin (More) |
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Gonzales speaks on changing public information policies to broaden access
In an interview with the Associated Press reported Tuesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he would reconsider his predecessor John Ashcroft's policies on public access to government information. In October 2001 Ashcroft tightened exis (More) |
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.
