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Tenn. inmate freed after 22 years on death row
July 5, 2008NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former death row inmate was freed from a Nashville prison Wednesday for the first time in nearly 23 years after an anonymous donor paid his bail.
Accused Ky. police chief shooter can stand trial
July 5, 2008STANTON, Ky. -- A man charged with killing a small-town eastern Kentucky police chief was found competent to stand trial Wednesday, but a judge still must sort out whether the man intentionally failed IQ tests to avoid possibly facing a death penalty.
W.Va. Gov. seeks review of $400M DuPont case
July 5, 2008 CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Joe Manchin wants the West Virginia Supreme Court to clarify whether DuPont has the right to be heard as it appeals $196.2 million in punitive damages, about half the amount a jury awarded in a case involving health threats from a former zinc smelting plant.
McCain's Supreme Court Judgment Calls
July 5, 2008By Juliet Eilperin ABOARD THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN PLANE -- While Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) agree on many different policy issues, they apply a different test to voting on judicial nominations, they told reporters Tuesday. While flying to Colombia, McCain said that he believes senators should approve any qualified Supreme Court nominee who comes before the chamber for approval, regardless of his or her ideology. Explaining why he had backed Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, even though he repeatedly criticizes their decisions, McCain said, "I voted to confirm the judges Ginsburg and Breyer because I thought they were qualified, and so did the majority of the United States Senate." Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.), McCain said, was different because he judged nominees by their philosophical outlook. "Senator Obama wanted to filibuster against Justice [Samuel] Alito and voted against, spoke against Justice [John] Roberts. That
Judges rip Texas courts in death penalty case
July 5, 2008HOUSTON -- A federal appeals court blasted Texas courts for refusing to hold a hearing to consider evidence that a convicted killer may be mentally disabled, therefore ineligible for the death penalty.
Today in History - July 2
July 5, 2008-- Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 184th day of 2008. There are 182 days left in the year.
D.C. Council, School Leaders Differ on Funds
July 5, 2008 D.C. Council members balked at pressure from school officials to reprogram $83 million for building repairs that the officials say are needed before classes resume on Aug. 25. Instead, the council authorized less than half of that amount, with Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray saying that a hearing will be required for some of the funding requests because policy changes for elementary and middle school students were being made through the back door.
Wonkapalooza! At Aspen, a Weekend of the Big-Name Minds
July 5, 2008The eerie quiet on Washington's dinner circuit? All the big talkers have gone to Colorado for this week's Aspen Ideas Festival -- what we call wonk summer camp. "It is an intellectual's Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey," Atlantic Media Chairman David Bradley told us yesterday. "This isn't a group that plays volleyball on the beach over July Fourth weekend."
Fla. holds 1st execution since botched method
July 5, 2008STARKE, Fla. -- Florida on Tuesday carried out its first execution since a botched lethal injection procedure prompted the state to revamp the way it conducts capital punishment.
Ex-death row inmate in Tennessee to be released
July 5, 2008NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A former Tennessee death row inmate is scheduled to be freed from prison on bail for the first time in nearly 23 years.
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