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High court weighs whether to spare Texas man from execution
Political and Legal News 03/22/2016The U.S. Supreme Court was considering whether a Texas man who killed a city worker in 2005 should be spared from a lethal injection, as his lawyers argue that a ban on executing mentally impaired prisoners should be extended to him.Adam Ward's attor...
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Oldest death row inmate in Georgia, age 72, is executed
Legal News 02/11/2016Georgia executed a 72-year-old man, its oldest death row inmate, early Wednesday for the killing of a convenience store manager during a robbery decades ago. The state Department of Corrections says Brandon Astor Jones was pronounced dead at 12:...
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NY court agrees to rehear Ex-Goldman board member's appeal
Legal Interview 02/11/2016A federal appeals court in New York has agreed to rehear the appeal of the insider-trading conviction of a former board member for Goldman Sachs and Proctor & Gamble.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday issued an order saying it will...
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Plagued by delays, California high-speed rail heads back to court
Legal Review 02/11/2016California voters embraced the idea of building the nation's first real high-speed rail system, which promised to whisk travelers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours, a trip that can take six hours or more by car. Eight years after...
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Court rejects AG Kane's request to reinstate law license
Court News 02/11/2016Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane's law license will remain suspended after the state's highest court on Friday denied her request to have it reinstated while she fights criminal charges of leaking secret grand jury material and lying about...
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South African court hears case against president
Legal Interview 02/11/2016The chant "Pay back the money" filtered into South Africa's highest court on Tuesday, as judges heard a case in which President Jacob Zuma is accused of violating the constitution in a scandal over state spending on his private home. Inside cou...
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Court to weigh cocaine cases, could alter sentencing in Ohio
Politics 02/11/2016Prosecutors across Ohio are concerned that a ruling under review by Ohio's top court could delay and shorten sentences for suspects caught with cocaine and force costly changes upon law enforcement.The state Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday ...
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Supreme Court puts Obama's climate change plan on hold
Political and Legal News 02/11/2016A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved.The surprising move is a blow to the administration and a victory for the coaliti...
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Rick Perry indictment goes before Texas' top criminal court
Political and Legal News 11/18/2015Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants the state's highest criminal court to dismiss felony charges against him that the Republican has partly blamed for his failed 2016 presidential bid. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals will hear arguments Wedn...
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Court: Therapy dog didn't sway jury against sex offender
Focused Practice 11/04/2015A therapy dog used to calm a testifying young victim did not influence the jury during the trial of an Ohio man who was convicted of having sex with a minor and providing drugs to another, an appeals court ruled.The Akron Beacon Journal reports the r...
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California appeals court rejects right-to-die lawsuit
Court News 11/04/2015A California appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by three terminally ill patients that sought to clear the way for doctors to prescribe fatal medication to them and others like them who want the option of taking their lives.A state law that ...
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Chinese woman pleads guilty in college test-taking scheme
Legal Review 11/04/2015A Chinese woman pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to have two other women take college admissions examinations in her place to help her get accepted to Virginia Tech. Yue Zou acknowledged having her boyfriend contact a China-based test-taki...