Top Court Opens Term, Hears Sentencing Cases
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The U.S. Supreme Court opened its  new term on Monday, with the government's top courtroom lawyer  trying to save the long-standing federal rules used to sentence  about 1,200 criminals each week.
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The Supreme Court gave a cool reception to the Bush administration&#39;s plea to save the rules that federal judges use in sentencing offenders yesterday, with a slim but firm majority of the court
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The US Supreme Court opened its new term on Monday, with two hours of arguments on federal sentencing rules and the rejection of some 1,800 appeals, including a challenge
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The Supreme Court meets Wednesday morning to issue opinions in cases that were argued in the fall and to hear oral argument in an important case involving patents.
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A federal appeals court on Friday ordered a new sentencing hearing for a death row inmate convicted of killing three men 26 years ago.
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Some of the major business-related cases that will be heard by the Supreme Court in the term that begins Monday:
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Georgia's high court hears a case Friday concerning merits of a 10-year sentence for a sordid but unforced act.
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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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A federal court agreed yesterday to rehear a case that aims to get terminally ill patients early access to experimental drugs unlikely to be approved before they die.
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With the nation's highest court set to open a new session, members of Washington's legal community gather Sunday to seek spiritual guidance for justice in the annual celebration of the Catholic Church's Red Mass.
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The state's corrections system is dangerously overcrowded and in crisis. A federal panel is about to render a judgment that could force open prison doors
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WASHINGTON â The Supreme Court on Monday heard starkly different descriptions of Kentuckyâs method of putting people to death, with a lawyer for a condemned prisoner asserting there is an unacceptable risk of agony and a lawyer for the state saying nothing could be further from the truth.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court is about to plunge into an agenda laden with issues affecting the business sector. Tobacco companies, the biotech industry, and operators of coal-fired power plants have a stake in cases the court will hear in the next month.
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments on the legality of the death penalty for criminals under age 18 in a case that has received international attention.
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A jury system will start in 2009. Currently, cases are heard only by a judge.
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The Supreme Court returns Monday with an ailing leader, pressure to rule quickly on the constitutionality of federal prison sentences and a slew of contentious issues to decide, from medical marijuana to Ten Commandment displays.
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A possible revolution in the federal criminal justice system will be on the agenda when the Supreme Court opens its new term tomorrow.