Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting and killing a police officer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania more than 28 years ago. The former Black Panther was sentenced to the death penalty for the 1981 murder. Since then Abu-Jamal has become an activist…
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Mumia Abu-Jamal Death Sentence Back in Court
State regulators have rejected a proposal by the California Department of Corrections to revise lethal injection guideline procedures, now adding further delay in resuming executions, which have been on hold since 2006. The Office of Administrative Law outlined several reasons for its decision not… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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State Regulators Reject CA Lethal Injection Guidelines
Why would the Chicago police allegedly hand the keys to a man high on marijuana and intoxicated at three times the legal limit of alcohol, with a child in the back seat? And why would the man accept the keys…
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Child Killed in DUI Crash; Chicago Heights Police Sued
After ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was accused of trying to sell President Barack Obama’s seat, it has led some states to change the ways U.S. Senate vacancies are filled
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Lawmakers Ponder Rule Changes Post Rod Blagojevich
It wouldn’t be a BP update if it wasn’t bad news. New estimates suggest that the BP oil spill is leaking 1.5 to 2.5 million gallons a day into Gulf, equivalent to having an Exxon Valdez disaster every 4-7 days…. Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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BP Oil Spill Equals 4-8 times Exxon Valdez
Arizona, not content to idle after the passage of its controversial immigration law, is pressing on. The state is now considering drafting a new law that would deny “birthright citizenship” to children born in the country to undocumented parents
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Birthright Citizenship in AZ and the 14th Amendment
Executions have been on hold in California for nearly four years but may resume in the near future as the California Department of Corrections has offered its new lethal injection procedures. The revised execution guidelines make changes in the death chamber procedures and address… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.
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CA Offers New Lethal Injection Guidelines
The state of Hawaii may join California, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington in allowing same sex civil unions, which provide the legal benefits of being married to same sex couples without authorizing “marriage.” Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. allow same sex..
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Hawaii Law On Civil Unions Awaits Gov’s Signature
Ohio death row inmate Darryl Durr has filed a lawsuit against the state, claiming its new single shot lethal injection method violates federal prescription drug laws. Durr is arguing the use of the drugs violates the federal Controlled Substances and Food… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com
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Death Row Inmate Sues over Use of Single Shot
