Supreme Court appears divided in death penalty case
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Lethal injection procedures pose a danger of cruelly inhumane executions with excruciating pain, an attorney for two death row inmates told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday in a capital punishment case that has drawn worldwide attention.
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US Supreme Court agrees to consider challenges to lethal injection filed by two death row inmates.
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The US Supreme Court will on Monday begin hearing arguments on the thorny issue of lethal injections in a bid to determine if this method of executing death-row inmates conforms with the constitution, which forbids cruel and unusual punishment.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - The Kansas Supreme Court on  Friday ruled that state's death penalty unconstitutional,  handing another victory to opponents of capital punishment.
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Until now, the courtâs 1977 re-examination of capital punishment had been widely understood as limiting the death penalty to the crime of murder.
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The Supreme Court began the term last October with renewed calls for unanimity from the chief justice, but it ended the session Thursday with the latest in a series of two dozen closely divided rulings.
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Experts said a Supreme Court decision will make juries in death penalty cases whiter and more conviction-prone.
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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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The Supreme Court's decision to review the constitutionality of lethal injection procedures has slowed the annual number of executions to the lowest level in a decade amid renewed concerns about whether it's too cruel.
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The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the legality of the death penalty for those who were 16 and 17 at the time of their crimes, although such punishment is increasingly rare in the 19 states that still allow it.
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The Supreme Court waded into a fierce international debate Friday over how the United States prosecutes foreigners in death penalty cases, agreeing to hear the case of a Mexican man in an unexpected move that expands the court's examination of fairness in capital punishment.
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A majority of the Supreme Court appeared Monday to find constitutional problems with the federal sentencing guidelines and grappled with whether to dramatically
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The Supreme Court appeared poised Monday to alter the system used for sentencing 64,000 federal criminal defendants a year, but justices clashed over whether changes would create greater inequity.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for convicted criminals to argue on appeal that they should have received a lighter prison sentence than recommended by federal guidelines.
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Although they disagree about whether it was the right decision, some Saginaw residents say they aren&#39;t surprised that a California jury Monday recommended the death penalty for Scott Peterson.
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The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to lethal injections that has halted executions for months.
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A seemingly divided Supreme Court considered Wednesday whether the free speech rights of cattle ranchers are violated by a federal law requiring them to help fund a government-sponsored