Supreme Court debates merits of juvenile execution
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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&#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 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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Brain researchers have a new argument against executing teenagers: they are not yet wired for adult decision making.
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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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The Supreme Court considered Monday whether an almost all-white Texas jury unfairly convicted and sentenced a black man to death, the latest in a string of capital cases to reach the court from the state that executes more people than any other.
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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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WASHINGTON - A deeply divided Supreme Court wrestled Wednesday over whether states should be allowed to execute teenage killers, with several justices raising concerns that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.    Nineteen states allow capital punishment for 16- and 17-year-olds, and more than 70 juvenile murderers are on death row...
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WASHINGTON â The Supreme Court on Monday heard starkly different descriptions of Kentuckyâs method of putting people to death, with a lawyer for a condemned prisoner asserting there is an unacceptable risk of agony and a lawyer for the state saying nothing could be further from the truth.
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BIG ISSUE: The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on whether the system for sentencing federal defendants should be thrown out because it lets judges, rather than juries, decide factors that add years to prison time.
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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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Excerpts from Monday's arguments before the Supreme Court on a challenge to the three-drug system of lethal injection used on death row inmates in Kentucky and other states:
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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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A narrow majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to signal yesterday that they intend to strike down the death penalty for teenage murderers
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The US Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a case involving a Maine drug dealer that is expected to redefine and end confusion about the country&#39;s entire criminal sentencing system.
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A murderer was scheduled to die Thursday in what would be the nation's first execution since the day the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
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The US Supreme Court will on Monday begin hearing arguments on 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.