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Uncertainty over status of Texas executions
Main May 17, 2006Uncertainty over status of Texas executionsThis Houston Chronicle article, "Texas Fog over executions could clear today" highlights the continuing uncertainty in Texas over status of executions in…
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Homelessness and the Eighth Amendment
Main April 14, 2006Homelessness and the Eighth AmendmentAs well covered by How Appealing, a divided panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled, in the words of this this Los Angeles…
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Trans-coastal lethal injection inspections
Main April 10, 2006Trans-coastal lethal injection inspectionsReturning to the lethal injection scrummages, this story from North Carolina suggests that state may be starting down the same rocky road that California…
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Does the SCOTUS cert. grant create ade factomoratorium?
Main January 25, 2006Does the SCOTUS cert. grant create a de facto moratorium?As first reported in this post and as detailed more fully in this new AP story, today the…
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Reviewing Alito’s work in criminal cases
Main December 25, 2005Reviewing Alito's work in criminal casesThe New York Times has this story discussing Judge Sam Alito's work in criminal cases while on the Third Circuit. Here's the…
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A reasonableness-free ruling from the 11th Circuit
Main November 1, 2005A reasonableness-free ruling from the 11th CircuitIn a detailed ruling that covers a number of issues, the Eleventh Circuit today in US v. Moriarity, No. 04-13683 (11th…
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Major Tennessee ruling upholds lethal injection protocol
Main October 18, 2005Major Tennessee ruling upholds lethal injection protocolWith thanks to Howard for this head's up, I see this news that the Tennessee Supreme Court on Monday "upheld the…
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Exploring Miers’ work in support of prisoner re-entry
Main October 3, 2005Exploring Miers' work in support of prisoner re-entryIn my first reaction post to the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, I guessed that she had…
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Angelos challenging severe mandatory sentence in the 10th Circuit
Main June 15, 2005Angelos challenging severe mandatory sentence in the 10th CircuitLast fall, in a remarkable ruling, Utah District Judge Paul Cassell in the Angelos case lamented, but felt compelled…
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Talk of foreign practices inRoper
Main March 1, 2005Talk of foreign practices in RoperThe Roper case was being closely watched as a litmus test for the Supreme Court's concern with foreign laws and practices, because…