Federal Appeals Court Upholds Conn. Execution Stay
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday  upheld a stay of execution for convicted serial killer Michael  Ross and sent his case back to a lower federal court to  determine if a public defender may intervene in the process.
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Connecticut's attorney general asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to lift an order protecting a serial killer and clear the way for New England's first execution in 45 years to take place early Saturday.
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A federal appeals court ruled that the president may not declare civilians in this country âenemy combatantsâ and have the military hold them indefinitely.
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The Supreme Court turned down moves to postpone Connecticut's execution of a convicted serial killer. But state officials delayed the execution until Monday.
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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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A Florida appeals court Wednesday upheld a judge's ruling that allowed Anna Nicole Smith to be buried in the Bahamas, agreeing evidence supports that's what the former Playboy Playmate wanted.
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The US government may pursue the death penalty for accused Sept. 11 conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui if he is convicted, a federal appeals court reaffirmed on Monday, clearing the way for his trial to proceed.
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ATMORE, Ala., Jan. 31 -- A murderer who would have become the nation's first executed inmate in months won a reprieve Thursday from the U.S. Supreme Court a little more than an hour before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection.
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The Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a stay of execution for a serial killer who wants to be put to death, but another court order continued to block what would be New England's first execution in 45 years.
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A US appeals court refuses to delay the jail term of former White House official Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
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More than 940 people have been executed since the United States reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Not one was in New England.
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The US Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order staying the execution of a convicted rapist and murderer, as part of its decision to review the legality of lethal injections nationwide.
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A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of a dual U.S.-British citizen convicted of killing a 2-year-old girl by starting a fire in his ex-girlfriend's apartment building, casting doubt on the evidence against him.
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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Texas cannot execute a delusional, mentally ill inmate who does not fully understand why he is being put to death.
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SAN FRANCISCO  A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider its May decision upholding Oregon&#39;s assisted-suicide law.
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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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WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court reinstated the death penalty on Monday in the pending case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man charged in the United States as a conspirator in the Sept.