2015 Event Pakistan reinstates the death penalty for all crimes, extending a previous reinstatement only for terrorism cases; the country has had a moratorium on capital punishment since 2008 but lifted it after terrorist attacks in December 2014 2014 Event North Korea threatens nuclear tests, and activity has been detected at one of the nation's nuclear facilities; the threat was made after the U.N. recommended trying North Korean officials in the International Criminal Court for human rights crimes 2014 Event Jeffrey Fowle, one of three Americans held in North Korea for crimes against the state, has been released; Fowle was accused of leaving a Bible in a club for mariners 2014 Event Two former Khmer Rouge leaders, Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea, have been convicted of war crimes during the period of Cambodian genocide in the 1970s; a U.N.-supported war crimes tribunal sentenced the two men to life in prison; both men are in their 80s 2014 Event Two Americans, Jeffrey Edward Fowle and Matthew Todd Miller, are to be charged in North Korea with unspecified crimes; Fowle is accused of leaving a Bible in his hotel room, and Miller allegedly asked for asylum after destroying his visa 2011 Event In Cambodia, the three most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime are charged with genocide and crimes against humanity 2011 Event Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Muammar Gaddafi, is captured in Libya; he will be tried for crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court 2009 Event An arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir is issued for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur 2009 Event Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 2008 Event Radovan Karadzic arrested on war crimes after a 12 year manhunt 2005 Event The Supreme Court rules the death penalty unconstitutional for people who committed crimes before age 18 1992 Event U.S. Federal court finds Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega guilty of drug crimes 1987 Event U.S. deports Karl Linnas, charged with nazi war crimes, to U.S.S.R. 1981 Event Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart," premieres in New York City 1981 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Beth Henley for "Crimes of the Heart" 1974 Event President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1974 Event House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up 1971 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes 1968 Birthday Ashley Judd, born in Granada Hills, California, actress, films include, 'Kiss the Girls', 'High Crimes', 'Double Jeopardy' 1965 Event West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution 1962 Event South Africa passes a bill setting death penalty for many crimes 1962 Death Nazi Adolf Eichmann hanged in Israel for crimes against Jews in WW II 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann convicted of crimes against humanity in Israel 1961 Event Adolf Eichmann is found guilty of war crimes, in Israel 1961 Event SS Col Adolf Eichmann found guilty of war crimes in Israel 1961 Event Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial 1956 Event Hague Daily Newspaper reveals war crimes of Hague mayor Schokking 1954 Birthday Caroline Aaron, born in Richmond, Virginia, actress, Crimes and Misdemeanors 1950 Birthday Lizzie Borden, director and writer, Love Crimes, Working Girls 1950 Event U.S.S.R. demands condemnation of Emperor Hirohito for war crimes 1948 Death Hideki Tojo, Japan Prime Minister 1941 - 1944 and 6 Japs, hanged for war crimes at 64 1948 Event Japanese premier Hideki Tojo sentenced to death by war crimes tribunal 1946 Event 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg 1946 Event U.S. court martials 46 SS to death (Battle of Bulge crimes) in Dachau 1945 Event Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1943 Birthday Sam Shepard, Illinois, actor and playwright, Frances, Crimes of the Heart 1943 Birthday Bob Woodward, investigative reporter, Watergate, CIA crimes 1942 Event Free-Poland and Belgium asks pope to condemn nazi-war crimes 1940 Birthday Louise Sorel, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion 1913 Birthday Hugo Pos, Suriname/Netherlands WW II prosecutor of minor war crimes Tokyo
