Jury should decide juvenile executions, high court is told
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Jurors should be free to decide whether killers who are under age 18 when they commit their crimes are mature enough to deserve the death penalty, a lawyer for
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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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The Supreme Court, in a case being watched around the world, on Monday hears arguments about whether to ban the lethal three-drug cocktail used in most U.S. executions because it inflicts excruciating pain.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas  - Texas executed a convicted murderer on Tuesday by lethal injection, the same day the U.S. Supreme Court said it will decide whether that method violates a constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Jurors deliberating the fate of a Harvard graduate student who fatally stabbed a working-class teenager last year must decide between two drastically different versions of the event.
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The Supreme Court said on Friday it  would decide whether the death penalty can be imposed for the  crime of raping a child, expanding its review of how capital  punishment is carried out in the United States.
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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 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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Experts said a Supreme Court decision will make juries in death penalty cases whiter and more conviction-prone.
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Peterson case shows that jurors can make decisions based on personal demeanor.
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PHILADELPHIA - October 13 - With the Supreme Court now poised to decide if the death penalty for minors constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, will Pennsylvania and Delaware finally take a look at their own laws?
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Connecticut prosecutors asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to override a judge's decision that allowed an admitted serial killer's execution to be delayed.
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Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
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On Monday, the court hears arguments on whether Kentucky's lethal injection is too painful.
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Several Supreme Court justices indicated today that it may be difficult for them to definitely answer whether or when lethal injections violate the constitution's protection from cruel and unusual punishment.
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The jury that convicted Scott Peterson of murder reconvenes this week to decide whether he should be executed, but the decision may not be final for years given his numerous options for appeal.
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The US Supreme Court said Friday it would hear a case on whether the constitution permits extending capital punishment beyond murder to a man convicted of raping, but not killing a child.