Also, it is the government agency responsible for investigating crimes on Indian reservations in the United States under the Major Crimes Act.

* 1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier executed for war crimes.

* November 10 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming the only American Civil War soldier to be executed for war crimes.

Major felonies ( indictable offences ), called crimes in French, are tried by jury in a county Court of Assizes.

There was a Japanese military base on Chichijima, whose officer in charge, Major, was known for performing cannibalism and other acts on prisoners of war and was executed for his crimes after the war.

At the council, Major Otis presented Captain Jack with some settlers who complained about the behavior of Jack's men, and Captain Jack countered that it was the Modoc who were being abused and unjustly accused of crimes which other Indians had committed.

Thirty Japanese soldiers were court-martialled for class " B " war crimes and four officers ( Major Matoba, General Tachibana, Admiral Mori, and Captain Yoshii ) were found guilty and hanged.

It is the largest division ; the largest sections within it are the Major Crimes Section ( violent crime, bank robbery, gun crime, Social Security fraud, and criminal immigration violations ); the White Collar Crime Section ( White-collar crime, such as financial fraud, bank fraud, civil rights violations, health care fraud, and environmental crimes ; the Securities Fraud Section ( securities fraud in Silicon Valley and throughout the District ); the Organized Crime Strike Force ( organized crime, including Russian and Asian organized crime ); and the Anti-Terrorism Task Force ( prevention and prosecution of terrorist-related activity ).

As the Major states, he was motivated purely by his disillusionment with what he perceived as the extremely corrupt nature of Kuchma's regime and " decided to document evidences of crimes " committed by the President.

The Major Crime Branch deals with serious crimes such as murder, kidnap, fraud and paedophilia and with crimes that cross boundaries between CID areas and require co-ordination.

On December 18, 2008, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda found Bagosora and two other senior Rwandan army officers, Major Aloys Ntabakuze and Colonel Anatole Nsengiyumva, guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and sentenced him to life imprisonment.

The Subsequent Nuremberg Trials ( more formally, the Trials of War Criminals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunals ) were a series of twelve U. S. military tribunals for war crimes against surviving members of the military, political, and economic leadership of Nazi Germany, held in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg, after World War II from 1946 to 1949 following the Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal ( IMT ).

Major problems of the municipality include but not limited to: violent crimes, land tenure, scarcity of water, contaminated river, lack of agricultural extension services, health care services, and extreme poverty.

From 1985 to 2000, the Area Major Incident Pool consisted of experienced detectives available to assist divisional, station based CID detectives in the investigation of major crimes, such as non-domestic murders or those that crossed the boundaries of divisions.

On becoming Prime Minister Major had promised to keep Britain " at the very heart of Europe ", and claimed to have won " game, set and match for Britain " – by negotiating the social chapter and single currency opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty, and by ensuring that there was no overt mention of a " Federal " Europe and that foreign and defence policy were kept as matters of inter-governmental cooperation, in separate " pillars " from the supranational European Union.

* 1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.

Major portions of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence have been adopted by most state legislatures and are considered canonical by American law schools.

Although there were several challenges to Major League Baseball's primacy in the sport between the 1870s and the Federal League in 1916, the last such challenge was the aborted Continental League in 1960.

* Newark Pepper, a defunct Major League Baseball team from the Federal League

Both the National Football League and Major League Baseball have specific exemptions ( see Federal Baseball Club v. National League and the AFL-NFL merger ).

Later, General Johnston sent a courier to the Federal encampments at Morrisville with a message for Major General Sherman requesting a conference to discuss an armistice.

" However, the FDA determined in December 2008 that the rTMS device was sufficiently similar to existing devices that did not require a premarket approval application and allowed the device to be marketed in accordance with Section 510 ( k ) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for " the treatment of Major Depressive Disorder in adult patients who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from one prior antidepressant medication at or above the minimal effective dose and duration in the current episode ".

Major shopping centers include Congressional Plaza, Mid-Pike Plaza, Montrose Crossing, Federal Plaza, White Flint Mall, and Wintergreen Plaza.

On September 12, 1861, between 6, 000 and 10, 000 soldiers of the Missouri State Guard, led by Major General Sterling Price, began a siege against the Federal military post in the old Masonic College commanded by Colonel James A. Mulligan.

The Los Angeles Times printed a story about Senator Dorgan's efforts to elicit a response from the Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) with the title " Fox Tops Tally of Violence on Major TV Networks Media: Study of a week of prime-time shows also lists ' Brisco County ' as bloodiest series.

Unlike predecessor competitors such as the Players League and the Federal League, it sought membership within organized baseball's existing organization and acceptance within Major League Baseball.

Only Buffalo would, as of yet, not receive a Major League Baseball franchise, which city last hosted Major League Baseball in 1915 with the Federal League's Buffalo Blues.

This resulted in a landmark federal lawsuit, Federal Baseball Club v. National League, in which the U. S. Supreme Court ultimately ruled that the Sherman Antitrust Act did not apply to Major League Baseball.

Major League players that jumped to the Federal League included Bill McKechnie, Claude Hendrix, Jack Quinn, Russell Ford, Tom Seaton, Doc Crandall, Al Bridwell, Hy Myers and Hal Chase.

In 1922, the Supreme Court ruled in Federal Baseball Club v. National League ( brought by the Terrapins, one of the teams which had not been bought out ), that Major League Baseball and its constituent leagues were primarily entertainment, not conventional interstate commerce, and thus were exempt from the Sherman Antitrust Act.

The Federal League was the last serious attempt at creating a " Third Major League " outside the established structure of professional baseball in the U. S. There was one further attempt at creating a third league – the Continental League in 1959 – but its founders had hoped to find their place within the purview of organized baseball.

While encamped at Searcy, Curtis and overall commander Major General Henry W. Halleck began to correspond about the upcoming Federal administration of Little Rock.

Major military contractors, oil companies, banks ( including the Federal Reserve ), utilities ( including nuclear power ) and national media ( broadcast and print ) have high-ranking officials as club members or guests.

Major parts of the Port are on Terminal Island, as well as the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island.

In non-PL280 states, Indian on Indian crime in Indian Country may be prosecuted in Federal Court if the crime is one of those listed in the Major Crimes Act ( 18 USC § 1153 ).

Unlike predecessor competitors such as the Players League and the Federal League, it sought membership within organized baseball's existing organization and acceptance within Major League Baseball.

Major themes in Natsume's works include ordinary people fighting against economic hardship, the conflict between duty and desire ( a traditional Japanese theme ; see giri ), loyalty and group mentality versus freedom and individuality, personal isolation and estrangement, the rapid industrialization of Japan and its social consequences, contempt of Japan's aping of Western culture, and a pessimistic view of human nature.

Wycherley's friend, Major Richardson Pack, said that he there " improved, with the greatest refinements ", the " extraordinary talents " for which he was " obliged to nature ".

Major branches of natural philosophy include astronomy and cosmology, the study of nature on the grand scale ; etiology, the study of ( intrinsic and sometimes extrinsic ) causes ; the study of chance, probability and randomness ; the study of elements ; the study of the infinite and the unlimited ( virtual or actual ); the study of matter ; mechanics, the study of translation of motion and change ; the study of nature or the various sources of actions ; the study of natural qualities ; the study of physical quantities ; the study of relations between physical entities ; and the philosophy of space and time.

Major problems include the nature of the sources it used, and how much of the content is pure fiction.

The 24th came into international press focus in 1961 when its commanding general, Major General Edwin Walker, was removed from command for making " derogatory remarks of a serious nature about certain prominent Americans ... which linked the persons and institutions with Communism and Communist influence ".

The deal was blocked by both Richard Dunn, Chief Executive of Thames, and by the IBA, who concluded the proposal would lead to a Major change in the nature and Characteristic of a viable ITV programme Company.

There is no relegation from Major League Soccer ; the league cites the main reason as the nature of the franchise system.

Major areas of research include the nature of white identity and of white privilege, the historical process by which a white racial identity was created, the relation of culture to white identity, and possible processes of social change as they affect white identity.

In an apparent attempt to quell speculation about the military nature of flying saucers, a press conference was held in July 1952, at which Major John A. Sandford denied any knowledge of the craft, and retired Major Donald E. Keyhoe declared his belief that they were of alien origin.

These forces will be slightly less than on a pure Landing Ship due to the nature of the ship as a command vessel and hence will also house the assault commander, the flotilla commander or someone of similar status ( generally of NATO OF-9 or OF-10 rank-such as a Vice Admiral or Major General ).

This is, however, a contentious subject as astronomers are still debating the nature of the Canis Major dwarf galaxy itself.

This conclusion, however, is still being challenged and the true nature of the overdensity in Canis Major remains unknown.

Dysthymia can be contrasted with Major Depressive Disorder by assessing the acute nature of the symptoms.

Major Latham outlived his sons ; by 1910 both Otway and Grey, who are said to have been hedonistic in nature, had died.

The Society claims that the ' Space Beings ' have contacted the leading Governments of the world in many ways but a rather sinister group of individuals called ' The Silence Group ' ( a pseudonym coined by UFO researcher Major Donald E Keyhoe ) have been deliberately suppressing this information so as to keep people uninformed, or misinformed, as to their true nature.

Major themes in the series deal with forbidden love, the concept of nature versus nurture, the reactions of different faiths meeting each other, and characters being a mix of good and bad.

* rAjamArtANda ( pata ~ Njali yoga sUtra bhAshya ): Major commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, wherein the Raja clearly explains various forms of meditations such as savitarka, savichAra, sAnanda and sAsmita, which are critical for understanding the nature of cognition from the view point of yoga.