Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment on Friday when the state House joined the Senate in voting to abolish the death penalty.
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Read More »February 5, 2021 Comments Off on Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty
Virginia moved another step closer to ending capital punishment on Friday when the state House joined the Senate in voting to abolish the death penalty.
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Read More »August 3, 2020 Comments Off on Some attorney bonuses will survive pandemic
Welcome to Monday, the 46th anniversary of the final performance of A Little Night Music‘s original broadway run. Here are some news items to start your week. — Some lawyers will receive bonuses despite economic hard times. — Vulnerable inmates ...
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Read More »June 29, 2020 Comments Off on ICC investigators should be free, Trump told
Welcome to Monday, the 43rd anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Coker v. Georgia decision declaring the death penalty unconstitutional for the crime of rape against an adult woman. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Legal ...
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Read More »February 17, 2020 Comments Off on Opioids settlement will likely be less than expected
Welcome to Monday, the 219th anniversary of the House of Representatives’ breaking in Thomas Jefferson’s favor an Electoral College tie for the presidency between Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Here are some news items to get your week started: — Opioids ...
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Read More »October 25, 2019 Comments Off on Tenn. inmates opt for electric chair over lethal injection
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The inmate’s request was a surprising one, made three days before he was to be executed in October 2018: Edmund Zagorski told the state of Tennessee he’d rather die in the electric chair than receive a lethal ...
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Read More »July 25, 2019 Comments Off on US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will execute federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003, the Justice Department announced Thursday, bringing back a seldom-used punishment pushed by President Donald Trump and escalating another divisive issue ahead of the ...
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Read More »July 18, 2019 Comments Off on Md. lawyers recall Justice Stevens as forceful, thoughtful, bright
Thirty years ago, the attorney for a missing Baltimore baby argued for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would force the mother to reveal the youngster’s whereabouts despite her asserted constitutional right against self-incrimination. Mitchell Y. Mirviss said Thursday that ...
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Read More »October 29, 2018 Comments Off on DOJ, EEOC disagree on transgender bias
Welcome to Monday, the 89th anniversary of Black Tuesday. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Justice Department splits with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over transgender bias. — Did a conference over cold cuts violate Wisconsin’s ...
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Read More »March 19, 2018 Comments Off on This execution would be extra cruel, lawyers say
Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of the final episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Executing this client could be especially painful, lawyers say. — California city might ...
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Read More »January 22, 2018 Comments Off on District attorney says no contributions from defense counsel
Welcome to Monday, the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Here are some news items to get your week started. — New York district attorney forgoes campaign contributions from lawyers with business before his office. — ...
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