Welcome to Monday, the 49th anniversary of the broadcast premiere of “Brian’s Song.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Sexual harassment remains a problem in New York courts, survey says. — Former death-row inmate seeks ...
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November 18, 2019
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MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The daughter of a man executed 13 years ago for murder does not have standing to seek DNA testing of evidence in the case, a Memphis judge ruled Monday, but the judge also said the ruling wasn’t ...
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Attorneys making music heads news summary that includes victim-impact statements, Los Angeles tenants reach settlement and Virginia's death row.
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December 31, 2014
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The remaining death row inmates will instead serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Read More »With only two months left before Republican Larry Hogan takes office, Gov. Martin O'Malley might take action to commute the sentences of four men who remain on Maryland's death row.
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Read More »The fundamental nature of Virginia's death row will be altered if a judge's decision striking down automatic solitary confinement of condemned inmates is allowed to stand, an attorney for the state told a federal appeals court Tuesday.
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Read More »BOISE, Idaho — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Idaho death row inmate Gerald Pizzuto Jr.’s claim that he is too mentally disabled to be executed. A three-judge panel ruled Monday that the Idaho Supreme Court correctly ...
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Read More »PHOENIX — An Arizona woman who spent more than two decades on death row was released on bond Friday after a judge ruled there’s no direct evidence linking her to the death of her young son, other than a purported ...
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Read More »HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent the cases of six Texas death row inmates, including one of the infamous “Texas 7” gang of escapees, back to a lower court for reviews of whether attorneys in earlier stages ...
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