Supreme Court Questions Juvenile Death Penalty
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The U.S. Supreme Court questioned on  Wednesday whether world opinion against the death penalty for  juveniles should influence its decision on the  constitutionality of executing those who committed murder at  age 16 or 17.
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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
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to assess the morality and propriety of states&#39; executing murderers who killed at age 16 or 17 - the ultimate punishment carried out in few places outside the United States.
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WASHINGTON - 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.    Judges, not juries, consider factors that can add years to defendants' prison sentences, under the government's 17-year-old system which has been challenged as unconstitutional...
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On Monday, the court hears arguments on whether Kentucky's lethal injection is too painful.
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The death penalty is under what may be an unprecedented review in the United States, mostly involving questions about lethal injection, by far the most common method of execution.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday stopped the execution of a Texas convict scheduled to be put to death for the 1998 killing of his parents, two days after the court said it will consider whether lethal injection violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court Tuesday to hear argument on whether federal anti-drug law can trump Oregon&#39;s assisted suicide law.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments today on whether lethal injection causes excruciating pain for death row inmates and violates the Constitution's ban on "cruel and unusual punishment." The three dozen states that perform lethal injections use the three-drug mixture at issue in this case.
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It's not official, but a "creeping  moratorium" on the death penalty in the United States is taking  hold as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a challenge to the  method of lethal injection.
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The death of a 14-year-old boy in January led to an overhaul of FloridaÂs juvenile justice system.
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Remarks from participants and spectators as the Supreme Court considered the constitutionality of executing people who were age 16 or 17 when they committed crimes.
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The Supreme Court prepares to hear a case on lethal injections that could cause us to rethink our haphazard system of capital punishment
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The U.S. 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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The Supreme Court&#039;s refusal Monday to consider a second lethal injection case suggests the justices are not ready to decide whether the drugs amount to cruel and unusual punishment, legal experts said.
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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.