Stevens' concern with 2008 decision leads news items including Philippine death penalty, the French Connection and law-school applications.

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Virginia considers execution methods heads news summary including West Hollywood lawsuit, Wisconsin Supreme Court election and former ABA presidents seeking Garland hearings.

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Since lawmakers repealed the death penalty in 2013, life in prison without the possibility of parole has become the most severe criminal penalty an individual can face in Maryland. Unlike the death penalty, however, life without parole has no standards ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to rule that a Philadelphia district attorney-turned-state high court judge should not have taken part in the case of a prison inmate whose death-penalty prosecution he had personally approved nearly 30 ...

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North Carolina's voter ID law leads news summary including extradition from Hong Kong, a Wisconsin "takings" case and a Georgia murder trial with no definitive, official cause of death.

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A vote for Justice Kennedy for Person of the Year heads news summary that includes a right-to-park argument, a tour of California's death row and an investigation into alleged disability bias ends.

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SAN DIEGO — A federal judge has overturned the death penalty for a man convicted of killing a Southern California housewife because the prosecutor implied it was God’s will to execute him. The San Diego Union-Tribune says the judge ruled ...

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JACKSON, Ga. — A death row inmate’s last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied. The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that Marcus Ray Johnson’s request was denied because alcohol is a ...

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WASHINGTON — Wherever their summer travels have taken them, Supreme Court justices probably will weigh in on Texas’ plans to execute two death row inmates in the week ahead. If past practice is any guide, the court is much more ...

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WASHINGTON —  A divided Supreme Court on Thursday reinstated the conviction and death sentence of a California man convicted of murder — even though a lower court made mistakes when it considered whether prosecutors illegally excluded blacks and Hispanics from ...

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