Appeals Court Upholds Connecticut Execution Stay
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A federal appeals court upheld a stay  of execution for convicted serial killer Michael Ross on  Tuesday, sending his case back to a lower court to determine if  a public defender may intervene on his behalf.
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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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HARTFORD, Conn.  - A federal judge on Monday  stayed the execution of a Connecticut serial killer, who had  been scheduled later this week to become the first person put  to death in New England in 45 years.
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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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ENFIELD, Conn.  - Connecticut prison officials  postponed the execution early on Saturday of serial killer  Michael Ross after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and  requested the last-minute delay.
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A defense attorney for a serial killer who wants to die said Sunday that he will remain on the case, a decision that officials said keeps the inmate on track to become the first person executed in New England in 45 years.
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The High Court has ruled a woman in a persistent vegetative state given an experimental treatment against her family's wishes can be allowed to die.
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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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US Supreme Court agrees to consider challenges to lethal injection filed by two death row inmates.
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By BRIAN WITTE  BALTIMORE, Md. - 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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The court reinstated a death sentence for a rapist and murderer whose appeal over the exclusion of a juror had succeeded in lower courts.
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A Florida appeals court issued a stay Monday in the dispute over Anna Nicole Smith's body, ruling that her remains cannot be moved to the Bahamas until the judges hear a challenge from the starlet's estranged mother.
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday halted the execution of a man who killed his parents nine years ago.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama  - An Alabama death row inmate received a last-minute stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, keeping in place an unofficial U.S. moratorium on executions that has lasted more than four months.
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A state Appeals Court panel yesterday upheld a decision that a former employee of Putnam Investments isn't entitled to a share of the millions of dollars the Boston company paid to settle charges it allowed improper trades in its mutual funds.
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The Supreme Court struggled Wednesday with whether to stop states from executing juvenile killers, though a majority of the justices seemed to agree a consensus