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Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty

February 5, 2021 Comments Off on Virginia House joins Senate in voting to end death penalty

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Virginia Department of Corrections shows the execution chamber at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va. Death penalty opponents are cautiously optimistic they have enough bipartisan support from lawmakers to pass a bill in 2021 ending executions in Virginia. Democratic Sen. Scott Surovell is again sponsoring a bill that would abolish the death penalty, and he has a Republican chief co-patron. (Virginia Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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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Some attorney bonuses will survive pandemic

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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ICC investigators should be free, Trump told

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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Opioids settlement will likely be less than expected

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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Tenn. inmates opt for electric chair over lethal injection

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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US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003

July 25, 2019 Comments Off on US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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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Md. lawyers recall Justice Stevens as forceful, thoughtful, bright

July 18, 2019 Comments Off on Md. lawyers recall Justice Stevens as forceful, thoughtful, bright

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares to testify in 2014 on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. (AP Photo, File)

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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DOJ, EEOC disagree on transgender bias

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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This execution would be extra cruel, lawyers say

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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District attorney says no contributions from defense counsel

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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