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Impact of the New Abortion Act Passed by the US House of Representatives

February 15, 2017 10:42:59 PM

JURIST Guest Columnist, Yvonne Lindgren, of Indiana Tech law School discusses the implications of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017" and how it will affect poor women and women of color...On January...

February 7, 2017 01:28:41 PM

The trial of eight former Bosnian Serb police officers charged with participating in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre began on Monday before the Higher Court in Belgrade. The court rejected another postponement , as defense lawyers postponed...

March 25, 2016 01:23:12 PM

Amnesty International (AI) expressed concern Friday over the conviction of journalist Alaa Brinji by the Saudi Arabian Specialized Criminal Court. Alaa Brinji has been in detention since May 2014 and has not been allowed access to...

March 24, 2016 12:13:30 PM

Former Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic convicted Thursday of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced to 40 years by the International Criminal Tribunal for the...

February 24, 2016 01:06:51 PM

The Canadian Federal Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court decision , holding that accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander cannot be stripped of his Canadian citizenship at this time. Oberlander was an interpreter for Einsatzkommando 10a...

January 2, 2016 01:00:08 PM

Saudi Arabian officials said Saturday that the government has executed 47 prisoners convicted of terrorism charges, including al Qaeda detainees and a prominent Shiite cleric who rallied protesters against the government. The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, which has already...

September 10, 2015 10:13:20 AM

Serbia's Office of the War Crimes Prosecutor on Thursday indicted eight former policemen suspected of taking part in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre . The suspects are charged with war crimes ...

July 5, 2015 02:23:55 PM

Serbia on Saturday reportedly asked Russia to veto a British UN Security Council resolution that would call the incident during the Bosnian War in which 8000 Muslim men were murdered genocide. Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic...

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5 indicted for 1993 Balkan war massacre

March 4, 2015 12:44:35 PM

Serbian war crimes prosecutors said Tuesday that five people have been charged with committing a wartime massacre during the Balkan conflict of the 1990s, with 10 more still under investigation in Bosnia. The massacre occurred in...

November 13, 2014 02:22:04 PM

Amnesty International (AI) revealed court documents Thursday indicating Shell repeatedly underestimated the impact of two oil spills in Bodo, Nigeria. The documents were part of claims brought forth in a UK court by...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Line of Demarcation divides the New World between Spain and Portugal

On May 4, 1493, Pope Alexander VI promulgated the Line of Demarcation, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal in response the return of Christopher Columbus from his discovery of the American continents. However, neither country was entirely satisfied with the placement of the Line. A year later on June 7, 1494, the two nations signed the Treaty of Tordesillas, which moved the Line of Demarcation further west, giving Portugal claim to Brazil.

Kent State student shootings precipitated lawsuits

On May 4, 1970, National Guardsmen at Kent State University opened fire on students protesting the US invasion of Cambodia, killing four.

Review a legal chronology of the Kent State shootings, from May 5, 1970 (the day the FBI investigation started) to January 4, 1979 (the day the state of Ohio reached an out-of-court settlement for $675,000 with victims and relatives of victims).