American Anti-Slavery and Civil Rights Timeline. Portuguese negotiate the first slave trade agreement that also includes gold and ivory. By the end of the 19th Century, because of the slave trade, five times as many Africans (over 11 million) would arrive in the Americas than Europeans.
Consequently, on June 27, 1963, Ernesto Miranda was convicted and sentenced to two concurrent terms of 20-30 years imprisonment. But Alvin Moore's arguments about the confession had touched off a legal firestorm. Miranda's conviction was appealed all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On June 13, 1966, Chief Justice Earl Warren, speaking for a 5-4 majority, for the first time established unequivocal guidelines about what is and what is not permissible in the interrogation room:
Jury Verdict Upheld in FLSA Retaliation Lawsuit. Leonard Avila was a police officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (âLAPDâ). In January 2008, he was subpoenaed to testify in a Fair Labor Standards Act (âFLSAâ) lawsuit brought by a follow officer who claimed he was required to work through his lunch hour but was not compensated for this time. The FLSA mandates that employees be compensated for meal periods unless the meal period is uninterrupted.