Supreme Court to rule on death penalty for child rape
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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 Wednesday as it prepares to decide whether it is unconstitutionally cruel to sentence 16- and 17-year old criminals to death.
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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 waded into a fierce international debate Friday over how the United States prosecutes foreigners in death penalty cases, agreeing to hear the case of a Mexican man in an unexpected move that expands the court's examination of fairness in capital punishment.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to assess the morality and propriety of states' executing murderers who killed at age 16 or 17 &#151; the ultimate punishment carried out in few places outside the United States.
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A Texas high school student convicted of a double murder waits on death row as the Supreme Court weighs the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty.
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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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The U.S. Supreme Court said on  Tuesday it would decide the constitutionality of a 2000 federal  law protecting the religious rights of prisoners.
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A plea to declare capital punishment for juvenile offenders unconstitutional received a skeptical hearing at the Supreme Court yesterday, as one of two justices likely to be pivotal to the outcome voiced repeated doubts.
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The Supreme Court declined once again yesterday to decide whether a lengthy delay in carrying out a death sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, this time in the case of an Arizona man who murdered two teenage girls.
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The same jury that last week found a sex offender guilty of abducting, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford must now decide whether he should be executed for the crime.
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The United Nations' highest court is ruling Monday whether Serbia is guilty of genocide for the killing, torture, rape and expulsion of Bosnian Muslims  -  the first time an entire nation is being held to judicial account for the ultimate crime
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The US 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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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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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday struggled to assess the morality and propriety of states' executing murderers who killed at age 16 or 17 - the ultimate punishment carried out in few places outside the United States.    The court has outlawed executions for those 15 and under when they committed their crimes...
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death.    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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The Supreme Court said Thursday it will quickly release audio tapes after the Jan. 7 argument over the death penalty.