Judge eases Hinckley restrictions
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A federal judge on Friday gave John W. Hinckley's doctors more flexibility to help the would-be presidential assassin rejoin society.
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A US District Court judge has sent the Federal Election Commission back to work on a passel of rules it wrote to put the 2002 campaign-finance law into effect.
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Washington -- A lawyer for John Hinckley Jr. told a federal judge Monday his client no longer is mentally ill and should be allowed longer unsupervised visits away from the mental hospital where he has lived
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Federal judges no longer have to follow mandatory sentencing guidelines, thanks to the Supreme Court, but they're also left with mounds of paperwork, a backlog of sentencing hearings and uncertainty about the future.
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Would-be presidential assassin John Hinckley has been found ready to spend more time away from a Washington psychiatric hospital, but a federal judge said hospital administrators have not proposed a structure to ensure such trips would be safe.
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By DON THOMPSON  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal judge on Monday gave California officials six months to ease crowding in the nation's largest prison system, warning that court-ordered remedies could include limiting the inmate population and releasing some prisoners early.
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A federal judge is considering whether to allow John W. Hinckley Jr. to have unsupervised visits with his family as early as Thanksgiving, now that attorneys and doctors say that former President
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WASHINGTON -- A psychologist treating John Hinckley Jr. told a federal judge Monday that the man who attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan in 1981 is no longer a danger and should be allowed out of confinement
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A judge rules that Indiana's Jermaine O'Neal does not have to serve the final 10 games of his suspension.
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The measure would prohibit state courts from hearing many kinds of cases they now consider, transferring them to federal courts.
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A federal judge in Los Angeles, who previously struck down sections of the Patriot Act, has ruled that provisions of an anti-terrorism order issued by President George W. Bush after September 11 are unconstitutional.
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The judge in the Kobe Bryant sexual assault case has loosened a sweeping gag order after objections from prosecutors, news organizations and attorneys for the accuser.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Thursday that athletic associations can enforce limits on recruiting high school athletes without violating coaches' free speech rights.
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TUCSCON, Ariz.  - A federal judge on Wednesday  lifted a block on a controversial Arizona law aimed at  restricting government services for illegal immigrants.
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A judge has struck down several government rules on campaign fund raising, ordering tougher restrictions on big political money in the long term while creating uncertainty about
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A US judge on Thursday struck down a law allowing federal anti-terrorism agents to access financial, telephone and Internet records without a warrant.
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A federal judge ruled yesterday in New York that Indiana All-Star Jermaine O'Neal does not have to serve the final 10 games of his suspension for fighting with fans at the end of the Pacers-Pistons game last month.