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Death sentences at lowest point since 1976
Apr 25 2005 9:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people sentenced to death last year fell to the lowest level since the Supreme Court reinstated the penalty in 1976.
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High court hears indigent-defendants case
Apr 25 2005 7:10PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices heard arguments Monday over whether a Michigan law barring the state from paying for appeals for indigent defendants who plead guilty discriminates against the poor.
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Supreme Court takes up death penalty issue
Apr 25 2005 2:37PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court expanded its review of death penalty issues Monday, agreeing to hear a case that asks whether someone convicted of murder can offer evidence at sentencing that casts doubt about culpability.
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Court takes case of fallen postal customer
Apr 25 2005 12:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider the case of an injured postal customer who slipped and fell on mail delivered to the porch of her home instead of to her mailbox.
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Court to hear dispute over student loans
Apr 25 2005 9:40AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider whether the federal government can seize a person's Social Security payments to pay off student loan debts that are at least a decade old.
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Supreme Court declines to hear POWs' case
Apr 25 2005 9:27AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider whether U.S. prisoners of war who say they were tortured during the 1991 Gulf War should collect a $959 million judgment from Iraq.
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