Unix Timestamp: 1039478400
Tuesday, December 10. 2002, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, located in New York, reversed a lower court ruling that found the federal death penalty unconstitutional because it amounted to the state-sponsored murder of innocent people.

The High Court of Australia hands down its judgement in the Internetdefamation dispute in the case of Gutnick v Dow Jones.

The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools revoked the accreditation of Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia, for financial irregularities.