Supreme Court Death Penalty

Supreme Court Denies Convicted Killer's Stay

AP | MITCH STACY | Posted 04.16.2012

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STARKE, Fla. — A man who raped a 29-year-old mother and left her to drown in the surf of Tampa Bay more than three decades ago has been executed...

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Supreme Court Rules Death Row Inmate Has Right To Seek DNA Testing

AP | MICHAEL GRACZYK | Posted 05.25.2011

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HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Texas inmate sentenced to die for killing his girlfriend and her two adult sons nearly two d...

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Justice Stevens's One Regret: Upholding The Death Penalty

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over an almost 35 year Supreme Court career, now retired Justice John Paul Stevens said recently that the lone vote he regrets is one that he cast to ...

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Masking Justice, Supreme Court Style

Andrew Gumbel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Gumbel

Shame on the Supreme Court for preferring to inhabit their cocoon of respectability on lethal injections -- justice masked by legalese -- than to face the facts.

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