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Sexual harassment persists in New York courts

November 30, 2020 Comments Off on Sexual harassment persists in New York courts

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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Tenn. judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years after man’s execution

November 18, 2019 Comments Off on Tenn. judge denies DNA testing sought 13 years after man’s execution

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2019 file photo, April Alley, front, daughter of Sedley Alley, hugs a member of her legal counsel in a Memphis, Tenn., courtroom. Since the early 1990s, 22 death row inmates around the U.S. have been exonerated through DNA evidence. Now the Innocence Project hopes to exonerate Sedley Alley, a Tennessee man who has already been executed. Alley was put to death by lethal injection in 2006 for the murder two decades earlier of Marine Lance Cpl. Suzanne Collins. Alley said his confession was coerced. A judge is expected to rule Monday, Nov. 18 on whether DNA evidence can be tested. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian via AP, File)

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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Lawyers settle some battles out of court

May 4, 2015 Comments Off on Lawyers settle some battles out of court

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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O’Malley’s decision final chapter in death penalty debate?

December 31, 2014 Comments Off on O’Malley’s decision final chapter in death penalty debate?

The remaining death row inmates will instead serve a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Families of Md. death-row inmates’ victims sought

November 21, 2014 Comments Off on Families of Md. death-row inmates’ victims sought

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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Court considers challenge to solitary for Va. death-row inmates

October 28, 2014 Comments Off on Court considers challenge to solitary for Va. death-row inmates

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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New trial ordered for death-row inmate in Florida

November 7, 2013 Comments Off on New trial ordered for death-row inmate in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A man who has spent 28 years on death row and was once two hours away from execution will get a new trial after the Florida Supreme Court said Thursday that a retest of evidence makes it ...

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Federal court rejects death row appeal based on IQ

September 9, 2013 Comments Off on Federal court rejects death row appeal based on IQ

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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Ariz. woman formerly on death row released pending new trial in son’s killing

September 8, 2013 Comments Off on Ariz. woman formerly on death row released pending new trial in son’s killing

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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U.S. Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed

June 3, 2013 Comments Off on U.S. Supreme Court orders 6 death row cases reviewed

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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