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Law and Justice Law and Justice
LAW AND JUSTICE: IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE 1970s197019 Jan. President Richard Nixon nominates G. Harrold Carsweli for Supreme Court justice. On 8 April the Senate cites Carswell's weak on civil rights record in rejecting the nomination.18 Feb. The trial of the Chicago Seven ends with an acquittal of... Read more
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sentence in criminal law, punishment that a court orders, imposed on a person convicted of criminal activity. Sentences typically consist of fines, corporal punishment , imprisonment for varying periods including life, or capital punishment , and sometimes combine two or more elements. In the... Read more
Bloody Assizes 1685 Bloody Assizes 1685
Bloody Assizes was the name given to the mass trials of Monmouth's rebels in 1685, presided over by Jeffreys and four other judges. Nearly all the 1,300 prisoners were undoubtedly guilty of treason, for which the sentence was death by hanging, disembowelling, and quartering. The revulsion against... Read more
Lachlan Macquarie Lachlan Macquarie
Lachlan Macquarie , 1761-1824, governor (1809-21) of the British colonies in Australia. Sent to replace the corrupt rule of the officers of the original convict guard, he established a sensible and humane administration, stressing public building, land reform, and fair treatment of convicts and... Read more
Kangaroo Court Kangaroo Court
KANGAROO COURT [ Slang of U.S. origin.] An unfair, biased, or hasty judicial proceeding that ends in a harsh punishment; an unauthorized trial conducted by individuals who have taken the law into their own hands, such as those put on by vigilantes or prison inmates; a proceeding and its leaders who... Read more
In Re Deb In Re Deb
In Re Debs: 1895 Defendant: Eugene V. DebsCrimes Charged: Contempt of court and conspiracyChief Defense Lawyers: Clarence Darrow, S. Gregory, and Lyman TrumbullChief Prosecutors: John C. Black, T. M. Milchrist, and Edwin WalkerJudges: Peter Grosscup and William A. WoodsPlace: Chicago,... Read more
Conviction Conviction
CONVICTION The outcome of a criminal prosecution which concludes in a judgment that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged. The juncture of a criminal proceeding during which the question of guilt is ascertained. In a case where the perpetrator has been adjudged guilty and sentenced, a record... Read more
Charles Sturt Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt Charles Sturt (1795-1869), British officer, explorer, and colonial public servant, led three major expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia. Charles Sturt, the eldest son of an East India Company judge, was born in India on April 28, 1795, educated at Harrow, and... Read more
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Marcus Mosiah Garvey
Marcus Mosiah Garvey Trial: 1923 Defendants: Elie Garcia, Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Orlando Thompson, and George TobiasCrime Charged: Using the U.S. mail to defraudChief Defense Lawyers: Armin Kohn, William C. Mathews, Cornelius W. McDougald, and Vernal Williams (Garvey also represented... Read more

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