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  • O.J. Simpson lawyers seek new trial 11 Oct 2008 07:29 GMT
    ... appeals to justices Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that his obesity prevents humane ... research organization. The other states are Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. From Times Wire Reports ...

  • Katrina evacuee gets life in prison for Centennial murder 11 Oct 2008 00:30 GMT
    ... He gets life and she got the death penalty what was fair about this sentence. She will ... If he had committed the crime in Louisiana he would have been given the death ...

  • U.S. Delegation Returns from Mexico with Agreements on Collaborative Approach to Combat Citrus Menace 10 Oct 2008 23:00 GMT
    ... California Citrus Research Board. "We're facing a death sentence for citrus trees in California, and the same ... has been found domestically in Hawaii, Texas, Louisiana and Florida. In Florida, the psyllid and HLB are ...

  • Laws Provide Time Off to Vote in Many States, CCH Says 10 Oct 2008 19:00 GMT
    ... that range from trivial to a corporate death sentence," said Stephanides. The highest fines for failure to ... states are: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North ...

  • Capital punishment scope narrows, IU experts say 10 Oct 2008 06:23 GMT
    ... issued a ruling that child rape is a crime that does not merit the death penalty, and IU experts say the ruling narrows the scope of capital punishment. In the recent Supreme Court case of Kennedy v. Louisiana, the Court denied re-hearing the case involving the death penalty for a child rapist. ...

  • Convict confesses to killing Eva Lewis 10 Oct 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... and convictions in several states, including Ohio, Louisiana, Florida, Kansas and Mississippi. He was serving ... in jail under the shadow of a death penalty case. Warren Moody, now 38, and co-defendant James ...

  • McCain's planetarium problem 9 Oct 2008 20:24 GMT
    ... taxes, less government intrusion EXCEPT when abortion, death penalty, or anything defense or war related is mentioned. Hypocrites ... rest goes. This is in contrast to Louisiana, where the Chitimacha Indians each personally get ...

  • Around the Region for Oct. 9 9 Oct 2008 19:42 GMT
    ... the University of Florida football matchup against Louisiana State University this weekend. UF Police, along with the ... Wednesday. The justices reversed the conviction and death sentence of Andrew Gosciminski. He had been the marketing director ...

  • An Examination of Facts 9 Oct 2008 16:45 GMT
    ... began, he was the commandant of the Louisiana State military academy in New Orleans. As ... girl´s body in exchange for escaping the death penalty – but then the body was discovered. The discovery ...

  • Bruce: "All I want, frankly, is a gay person in office who is not a sexual compulsive" 7 Oct 2008 15:31 GMT
    ... Bruce, a "openly gay, pro-choice, gun owning, pro-death penalty, voted-for-President Bush progressive feminist," made her remarks in ... Edwards once said about being re-elected in Louisiana -- BRUCE: Being homosexual has nothing to ...

  • Supreme Court Upholds Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts 7 Oct 2008 10:30 GMT
    ... refused to hear the appeal of convicted Louisiana serial killer Derrick Todd Lee. The court also turned ... women between 2002 and 2003. He was sentenced to death in two of the cases. ...

  • Non-unanimous jury verdict stands 7 Oct 2008 08:04 GMT
    ... unanimous in all criminal cases. Two states, Louisiana and Oregon, allow people to be convicted of some ... said in 1972. Separately, Lee is on death row for killing another woman in Louisiana. The justices also ...

  • High Court Hints It Will Side With Tobacco 7 Oct 2008 05:53 GMT
    ... jurors who subsequently voted to impose the death penalty. rejected an appeal from an Alabama man who ... unanimous in all criminal cases. Two states, Louisiana and Oregon, allow people to be convicted ...

  • Supreme Court rejects Abu-Jamal's appeal 7 Oct 2008 05:53 GMT
    ... appointing administrative patent judges. • Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343) -- Louisiana prosecutors have asked the Court ... Court to revisit its June decision banning capital punishment for child rapists, saying the justices committed ... • Lucero v. Texas (07-1429) -- A death row inmate wants a new trial after the ...

  • Supreme Court rejects Abu-Jamal's appeal 7 Oct 2008 05:53 GMT
    ... appointing administrative patent judges. • Kennedy v. Louisiana (07-343) -- Louisiana prosecutors have asked the Court ... Court to revisit its June decision banning capital punishment for child rapists, saying the justices committed ... • Lucero v. Texas (07-1429) -- A death row inmate wants a new trial after the ...


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