May 29
NORTH CAROLINA:
The truth about juries and racial bias
Fact: It is unconstitutional for people to be kept off a jury simply because of
their skin color.
Fact: It is standard operating procedure in courtrooms across the country for
prosecutors to keep African Americans out of
May 29
SYRIA:
Inmates in Syria's Hama prison capture regime officialsPrison chief among
11 snatched by prisoners in Hama's central prison, after inmates handed death
penalty.
Prisoners inside Syria's Hama central prison have captured several government
officers, including a high
May 29
EGYPT:
Military court upholds death sentences for 8 civilians12 others sentenced
to life in prison, 6 others to 15 years and 2 were acquitted
The West Cairo Military Court upheld on Sunday death sentences for 8 civilians
and sentenced 12 others to life in prison in the ca