Forty-two people were executed in the
U.S. this year – the lowest
number since 1994 and fewer than half as many as there were in 1999,
when the total was 98 – the highest number in the modern era of the
death penalty.
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A Congolese woman who was repeatedly raped by prison officials
allegedly investigating the assassination of President Laurent Kabila
has been granted political asylum in the
U.S., 16 months after her
bid was initially denied.
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The New Jersey Assembly voted Thursday to abolish the death
penalty, poising the state to become the first since 1965 to repeal
capital punishment.
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To judges and others who long battled strict federal sentencing
rules for crack cocaine offenders – considered draconian and racist
by longtime opponents – Monday’s Supreme Court decision brought vindication.
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An investigation initiated by the Medical Board of California has
resulted in the arrest of a man accused of practicing medicine
without a license, authorities said Friday.
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A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday excoriated a
federal immigration judge and a Los Angeles lawyer for their conduct
during a deportation hearing in 2003.
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When Nevada death row inmate Charles Randolph asked for a specific
medicine to address his heart condition earlier this year, Max
Carter, the prison’s physician assistant, sent a curt reply: The
medication was the wrong kind and potentially lethal, but he would be
happy to prescribe it “so that your chances of expiring sooner are increased.”
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Calling the evidence of his guilt “overwhelming,” a federal
appeals court in San Francisco on Tuesday upheld the death sentence
of Kevin Cooper, who was convicted of a rampage 25 years ago that
left a Chino Hills couple and two children dead.
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Jim Williams had a reputation as a highly skilled, tenacious
prosecutor – maybe even a little bloodthirsty.
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