In an 8-1 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that inmates do not have a right to file a federal lawsuit against private prison employees for alleged 8th Amendment violations. The case — Minneci v. Pollard — follows up on a 2001 decision in which the Supreme Court barred constitutional lawsuits…..

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Supreme Court Blocks Lawsuit Against Private Prison Employees

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has recently decided that juvenile life without parole is constitutional. In this landmark case, Omer Ninham, then 14 at the time of the crime he committed, was convicted of first-degree intentional homicide for the killing of… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com

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Juvenile Life Without Parole Approved by Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds

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After a natural disaster like the Mississippi River floods or tornadoes in the Midwest, who qualifies for SBA disaster loan assistance?

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SBA Disaster Loans: Homeowners, Renters Qualify Too

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Compared to the rest of the world, Americans generally receive a pitifully low amount of paid vacation. Americans seem to want to live a life of work, based on our lack of paid vacation laws as well as the number…

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Paid Vacation Laws: No Legal Right to Time Off

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Maybe he’ll be able to laugh about this in a few years - or use it in his stand-up act. British comedian Russell Brand was recently deported from Japan, according to his wife Katy Perry’s Twitter account

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Russell Brand: Japan Deported Him for Criminal Record

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While there are many arguments in the death penalty debate, our duty as a nation is to make sure that the process remains humane. The Food and Drug Administration, however, may have just called even that into question

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Death Penalty Drug: Death Row Inmates Sue FDA

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Like sands through the hourglass, the remaining moments of Ronnie Lee Gardner’s life slowly drip away. Shortly after midnight tonight, Gardner will be blindfolded, strapped to a chair and will have a target placed on his chest. Five marksmen will fire from a distance of… Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.

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Ronnie Gardner to Be Executed by the Firing Squad

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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

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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

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A federal court has ordered California to cut its prison population by over 40,000 in the next two years.

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California Ordered to Trim Prison Population

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