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Supreme Court troubled by jury selection bias in Mississippi
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deeply troubled by a Mississippi prosecutor’s pattern of excluding African-American jurors, the Supreme Court seemed in broad agreement Wednesday that a black death row inmate’s conviction and death sentence at his sixth…
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Justice Thomas talks at court arguments, 1st time in 3 years
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court was about to adjourn for the day when the Georgia baritone politely inquired of the lawyer at the lectern. Justice Clarence Thomas, the court’s only African-American member and lone…
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The Latest: Justices seem troubled by Mississippi conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on Supreme Court arguments on excluding black jurors (all times local): 11:15 a.m. The Supreme Court is likely to throw out the death sentence and conviction of a black Mississippi…
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Sandra Day O’Connor reflects on life before, during and after the Supreme Court
A new biography of the first woman on the Supreme Court details her agonizing struggle with her husband’s dementia in the years before she retired, her angst as she watched the court lunge rightward and her own declining health.
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Supreme Court rules against immigrants in detention case
WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against a group of immigrants in a case about the government’s power to detain them after they’ve committed crimes but finished their sentences. The issue in…
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Supreme Court to hear case on racial bias in jury selection
This week, the Supreme Court will consider whether a man’s conviction and death sentence should stand or be overturned for a familiar reason: because prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury.
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Trump’s 2 Supreme Court picks on opposite sides in 2 cases
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s two Supreme Court appointees were on opposite sides of two of three cases that the justices decided Tuesday. The two new justices have solidified conservative control of the Supreme…
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Justices reject B&B owner who denied room to gay couple
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place Hawaii court rulings that found a bed and breakfast owner violated the state’s anti-discrimination law by refusing to rent a room to a…
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Supreme Court struggles with Virginia redistricting case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seemed to struggle Monday with how to resolve a case that could help flip control of the Virginia House of Delegates to Democrats. The justices heard arguments in a…
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Va. elections up in air after fight over race-based district lines heard at Supreme Court
Even with candidates already running in this year’s battle for control of Virginia’s House of Delegates, the Supreme Court heard arguments Monday that could see the district lines changed again ahead of June’s primaries.
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Supreme Court won’t intervene in oldest US synagogue dispute
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene Monday in a fight over control of the nation’s oldest synagogue and its religious bells worth millions, leaving in place a ruling that the…
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Supreme Court to consider Louisiana’s non-unanimous juries
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will consider overturning a criminal conviction by a 10-2 jury vote in Louisiana. The justice acted Monday, four months after Louisiana voters amended the state constitution to prohibit non-unanimous…
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Supreme Court to consider new Va. sentencings for Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo
The United States Supreme Court will consider whether younger Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo should be resentenced in Virginia, where he received four convictions, and was sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of parole.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear identity theft case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could make it more difficult for states to prosecute identity theft and other crimes. The high court agreed Monday to take…
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Justices spurn Georgia inmate, despite juror’s racial slurs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting a new appeal from a Georgia death row inmate, despite evidence that a juror in his capital case used racial slurs. The high court had previously blocked…
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