An effort to enact a new execution protocol in California that would put an end to a death penalty moratorium declared last year by a federal judge has suffered a…
Prosecutors have been asked to prepare a response to a long-shot emergency bail application to an individual U.S. Supreme Court justice, made in an effort to delay the start of…
Justices debated how far states can go in making U.S. Supreme Court decisions retroactive during oral arguments yesterday (PDF) in the case of a man challenging his…
A lawyer for the inmate executed after a Texas judge would not keep the courthouse doors open for his emergency petition says many people share the blame “for this preventable…
In the latest example of an apparent death penalty moratorium being voluntarily imposed in states throughout the country, a Texas prosecutor in the county with the highest number of death…
A last-minute decision tonight by the U.S. Supreme Court to call off the scheduled execution of a Mississippi murderer seemingly signals that there is now a de facto death penalty…
Two cases argued yesterday before the U.S. Supreme Court raise issues of statutory construction. The outcome will affect futures clearinghouses and prisoners.
The U.S. Supreme Court must consider today whether to grant a stay to a Mississippi inmate who didn’t challenge the state’s lethal injection procedures until Oct. 18.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has recused himself in Exxon Mobil’s appeal of a $2.5 billion punitive damages award, raising the possibility of a 4-4 split.
For the first time in more than a year, an African-American lawyer should be arguing before the U.S Supreme Court today. Even more unusual, Drew Days III is representing a…
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