Federal Judge Postpones Conn. Execution
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A federal judge said Monday he will order a postponement in the execution of serial killer Michael Ross, who waived his appeals and was set to become the first person put to death in New England in nearly 45 years.
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By Anthony A. Mestas, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Jun. 20--LA JUNTA -- A pretrial hearing for a Grand Junction man arrested on suspicion of Internet luring of a child was postponed until next month.
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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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A Rome judge has suspended until February a hearing on whether to try a U.S. soldier for shooting dead an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq last year while he was escorting a freed hostage to safety.
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HARTFORD, Conn.  - Connecticut officials called  off New England's first execution in 45 years Monday after  serial killer Michael Ross changed his mind and admitted he may  be mentally incompetent.
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A federal judge abruptly adjourned a hearing on the settlement of a dispute over unpaid life insurance policies of Holocaust victims.
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A Los Angeles judge Monday postponed the start of actor Robert Blake&#39;s murder trial following the theft last week of his lawyer&#39;s computer.
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HUNTSVILLE -- The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended a delay in Wednesday&#39;s scheduled execution of Frances Newton.
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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 Texas parole board Tuesday recommended delaying the state&#39;s first execution of a black woman to give her lawyers more time to investigate her claims of innocence.
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OUSTON - In a highly unusual move and just hours before she was to have been put to death yesterday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry halted the execution of Frances Newton, convicted in 1988 of killing her husband and two children.
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An English court postponed judgement on whether to quash a decision by prosecutors not to charge the police officers who shot dead a Brazilian man they mistook for a suicide bomber last year.
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Gov. Rick Perry should delay tonight&#39;s scheduled execution of a Harris County woman who was condemned for the murders of her husband and two children, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended Tuesday.
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A judge ordered an execution delayed for 60 days Monday so psychiatrists can evaluate a man who wore a Superman T-shirt while representing himself at trial and pleaded with jurors to sentence him to death.
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Former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial was postponed from March to September after he begged a judge Friday for a delay.
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Indonesian authorities have delayed the imminent execution of three Christians found guilty in 2001 of violence against Muslims by at least six days, the national police chief said.
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The Texas parole board Tuesday recommended delaying the state's first execution of a black woman to give her lawyers more time to investigate her claims of innocence.