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Supreme Court won’t stop Louisiana’s first nitrogen gas execution for Buddhist inmate’s religious rights
Despite more states shifting toward nitrogen hypoxia executions as lethal injection drugs become scarce, the high court ...
Why Neil Gorsuch dissented from an execution stay denial at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday night split 5-4 in denying an execution stay to a Louisiana death row prisoner. One of the ...
Chief Justice John Roberts: Impeachment ‘not appropriate’ for judges ruling against Trump
Roberts's brief remarks were an apparent response to recent calls for judicial impeachments in response to unfavorable ...
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Princeton will name building for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Class of 1976
The building at 36 University Place is the site of programs that support first-generation college, lower-income, transfer and ...
Supreme Court Rejects Religious Objection to Lethal Gas Death
The US Supreme Court cleared the way for Louisiana to execute an inmate in a way he says will violate his Buddhist beliefs.
Louisiana inmate executed after challenge to nitrogen gas denied by Supreme Court
The state of Louisiana carried out its first execution using nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, after the Supreme Court ...
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Justices allow Louisiana to execute Buddhist over religious freedom claim
A divided Supreme Court declined to block the execution of Jessie Hoffman, who was put to death on Tuesday night in Louisiana. Four justices would have put Hoffman’s execution on hold – one short of ...
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Sonia Sotomayor Just Dealt a Major Blow to Shady Prosecutors
To her credit, however, Sotomayor took advantage of the occasion to enshrine important protections for all criminal defendants who, like Glossip, are convicted with false testimony. Her opinion ...