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Appeals court rules condemned Va. man in murder-for-hire case should be exonerated, freed
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia man convicted of hiring someone to kill his marijuana supplier should be exonerated and freed from death row because prosecutors withheld evidence that would have discredited their key witness, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.
Appeals court in Virginia rejects Texas man’s bid for new hearing in ‘Norfolk 4’ case
RICHMOND, Va. — One of the four sailors who allege police intimidated them into falsely confessing to a 1997 rape and slaying cannot get a federal court hearing on his innocence claim because he has served his prison sentence and is no longer in custody, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Pennsylvania voter ID law gets approval from state judge
(The Washington Post / The Washington Post)
A state judge clears the way for voters to be required to present photo ID; a quick appeal is expected, but the law could still be in place for November’s elections.
Oklahoma executes inmate for 1993 shooting deaths of former girlfriend, her 2 children
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma death row inmate who tried to delay his execution by challenging the state’s lethal injection method was executed Tuesday evening just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in.
Nellie Gray, March for Life founder, dead at 88
(Larry Morris / THE WASHINGTON POST)
Miss Gray started the March for Life, the annual antiabortion protest that for nearly 40 years has drawn tens of thousands of activists to D.C.
Oklahoma executes inmate for 1993 shooting deaths of former girlfriend, her 2 children
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma death row inmate who tried to delay his execution by challenging the state’s lethal injection method was executed Tuesday evening just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to step in.
NY leads 14 states urging US Supreme Court to back university’s affirmative action policy
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, on behalf of 14 states, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold racial preferences in college admissions.
US Supreme Court allowing execution of Texas inmate who contends low IQ should spare his life
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — US Supreme Court allowing execution of Texas inmate who contends low IQ should spare his life.
Pa. high court moves quickly to respond to US Supreme Court decision on juvenile lifers
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania’s highest court is moving quickly to determine how to respond to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for juveniles aren’t constitutional.
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