High Court to Decide Maximum-Security Prison Case
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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Friday it would decide what procedures must be used in  determining whether to place a prisoner in a "super-maximum  security" facility designed for the most dangerous inmates.
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Britain's highest court of appeal was due to rule on whether foreign nationals can be detained indefinitely without trial in the country, a case with sweeping constitutional and security implications.
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The US Supreme Court will on Monday take up 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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Among the new cases the Supreme Court announced Tuesday it will consider:
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A new US military appeals court is to hear its first case, that of Canadian Guantanamo Bay inmate Omar Khadr.
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider the constitutionality of lethal injections in a case that could affect the way inmates are executed around the country.
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review for the second time the death penalty case of a convicted Texas killer whose sentence justices previously overturned.
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ISLAMABAD: Courts will decide cases of the imprisoned political leaders, said Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz when asked about PML Secretary-General Mushahid Hussainâs proposal for release of Asif Ali Zardari, Javed Hashmi and Yousal Raza Gilani.
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The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether the commonly used lethal injection method of execution for death row inmates violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Two men jailed for life for killing rival drug dealers will have their case heard in the Court of Appeal.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions.
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The Supreme Court said on Friday it would hear appeals by Guantanamo prisoners on their right to challenge their indefinite confinement, a test of President George W. Bush's powers in the war on terrorism.
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Spain's Supreme Court considers the case of an Eta prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 98 days.
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Lawyers summed up arguments on Wednesday as Pakistan's Supreme Court prepared to issue a landmark ruling on challenges to General Pervez Musharraf's bid for another term in an October 6 presidential election.
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The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the federal courts must give a hearing to a Mexican inmate on Texas's death row who says the state violated international law by trying him on murder charges without first notifying Mexican diplomats who might have helped him.
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With thousands of prison sentences on the line, the Supreme Court will decide whether judges have too much power to tack on extra cell time in a case that one justice said could wreak havoc on courthouses nationwide.
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Georgia's high court hears a case Friday concerning merits of a 10-year sentence for a sordid but unforced act.