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Justices OK lethal injection challenges
Jun 12 2006 10:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for death row inmates to contest the lethal injections used across the country for executions and to get DNA evidence before judges in a pair of rulings that hinted at fresh caution on capital punishment.
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Texas loses appeal in high-profile murder
Jun 12 2006 1:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Monday to reinstate the death sentence of Johnny Paul Penry, a Texas inmate who has twice won reprieves from the justices.
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Supreme Court skirts Holocaust dispute
Jun 12 2006 1:03PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court turned back an appeal Monday from Austrian Jewish victims of the Nazi regime whose litigation had tied up payments from a $210 million settlement.
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Justices open door to lethal shot claims
Jun 12 2006 9:56AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court opened the door Monday to constitutional challenges to lethal injection, the method used by most states and the federal government to execute death row inmates.
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High Court: Tenn. inmate may use DNA tests
Jun 12 2006 9:51AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A Tennessee death-row inmate can use DNA evidence to attempt to show his innocence 20 years after he was convicted of murdering a neighbor, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
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