Supreme Court Hears Sentencing Cases, Opens Term
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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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In developments Tuesday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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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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Three months ago, the Supreme Court issued an opinion that seemed to outlaw the way much of the nation sentences criminals. Then they went on
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider the constitutionality of a federal law that requires state prisons to accommodate inmate religions, from Christianity to Satanism.
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The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday faced with urgent business and looming uncertainty. The justices&#39; most pressing task is to resolve the fate of the federal
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Description: The US Supreme Court starts its new term Monday, the first Monday in October. Slate legal analyst Dahlia Lithwick takes a look at important themes in the upcoming Supreme Court calendar, including a sentencing dispute and medicinal marijuana.
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The US Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday that will decide important cases on federal sentencing rules, the death penalty for juveniles and the medical use of marijuana.
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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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In developments Monday at the Supreme Court, the court:
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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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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider whether cable companies must open their high-speed lines to rival Internet providers. Justices will hear two cases challenging a lower
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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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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; The U.S. Supreme Court, hearing arguments in an unusual segregation case, challenged California state lawyers Tuesday over a prison policy that separates inmates by race for their first 60 days behind bars.
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Some experts predicted that the Supreme Court decision on sentencing guidelines would renew a struggle between Congress and the judiciary.
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The Supreme Court hears a California case Monday that could become a signature decision of the Rehnquist era.
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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.