Supreme Court Questions Juvenile Death Penalty
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The U.S. Supreme Court questioned on Wednesday whether world opinion against the death penalty for juveniles should influence its decision on the constitutionality of executing those who committed murder at age 16 or 17.
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Attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case of a teen sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his grandparents when he was 12, arguing that the sentence is cruel
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday by lethal injection, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court said it will decide whether that method violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court Tuesday to hear argument on whether federal anti-drug law can trump Oregon&#39;s assisted suicide law.
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The Supreme Court said on Friday it would decide whether the death penalty can be imposed for the crime of raping a child, expanding its review of how capital punishment is carried out in the United States.
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A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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After the Supreme Court granted two stays of execution and refused to vacate a third, some say that a de facto moratorium on the death penalty is in place.
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A Texas high school student convicted of a double murder waits on death row as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty.
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A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that federal judges no longer have to abide by the controversial 18-year-old sentencing guidelines.
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The Supreme Court relies on precedents and case law, dry recitations of fact and the sometimes bloodless decisions of the courts below it. But in a case involving a now-paralyzed teenager who instigated a  high-speed police chase, most of the justices, as a sportscaster might say, went to the videotape....
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Excerpts from Monday's arguments before the Supreme Court on a challenge to the three-drug system of lethal injection used on death row inmates in Kentucky and other states:
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country
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WASHINGTON - A deeply divided Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday over whether states should be allowed to execute teenage killers, with several justices raising concerns that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.    Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row...
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday as it prepares to decide whether it is unconstitutionally cruel to sentence 16- and 17-year old criminals to death.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions.
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A 13-year-old appears in court over the death of another boy who was shot with an airgun.
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A bid to declare capital punishment for juveniles unconstitutional was met with doubts from one of two Supreme Court justices likely to be pivotal in its outcome.