High Court Upholds Inmate's Death Penalty
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Florida death row inmate should not automatically get a new trial because his lawyer conceded the man's guilt without his consent.
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A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas killer, saying lower courts should have considered psychiatric evidence about his mental illness.
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An Iraqi appeals court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence against Saddam Hussein's cousin, widely known as "Chemical Ali" for masterminding a genocidal campaign against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s.
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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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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - A U.S. court granted a stay of execution to a convicted killer set to be put to death in Alabama on Thursday, the latest such move since the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to lethal injection.
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The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Florida death row inmate should not get a new trial even though his lawyer conceded the man's guilt without his consent.
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Bangladesh's  High Court upholds death sentences against the country's top two Islamic militants.
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Enforcing its edict against execution of the insane, a split Supreme Court today overturned the death sentence of Scott Louis Panetti, a delusional Texas murderer.
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An appeals court in Maryland ruled Tuesday that state executions cannot proceed until a legislative panel reviews parts of the manual that spell out the protocol for lethal injections.
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ST. LOUIS Thomas Umphrey was spared the death penalty for killing a woman in Illinois. Now, he could go back to death row -- this time in Missouri -- if convicted of killing his boss in St.
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WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether to ban the death penalty for juveniles who kill, one of the highest-profile questions confronting the justices as they continue re-examining who is subject to capital punishment.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected school assignment plans that take account of students' race in two major public school districts. The decisions could imperil similar plans nationwide. The Court also blocked the execution of a Texas killer whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A closely divided U.S. Supreme  Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for Connecticut  death row inmate Michael Ross in a move that could clear the  way for New England's first execution in 45 years.
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The Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned a man's death sentence and murder conviction in the slayings of two college students, saying the murder count should have been tried in Pennsylvania where they were killed.
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Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled  on Tuesday that executing drug smugglers did not breach the  constitution, rejecting a bid by three Australians and two  Indonesians who are on death row to challenge the law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the pending execution of a Virginia man convicted of beating a co-worker to death in 2001 for drug money.
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A convicted killer who had argued that Florida's use of lethal injections amounted to cruel and unusual punishment was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday night after the U.S. Supreme Court narrowly denied him another stay.