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Arizona inmate set to be executed Wednesday wants state Supreme Court to
Beaty's lawyers say Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch and Justice Andrew Hurwitz met with prisons director Charles Ryan last month to discuss execution scheduling and protocols. The entire court toured two prisons and the death chamber on May 10.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:48P
AZ inmate set to die this week wants stay
Beaty's lawyers say Chief Justice Rebecca White Berch and Justice Andrew Hurwitz met with prisons director Charles Ryan last month to discuss execution scheduling and protocols. The entire court toured two prisons and the death chamber on May 10.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:47P
Collision kills elderly couple, injures 6 others
The Washington State Patrol says the accident happened around 1:30 pm when the car driven by Arreguin crossed the centerline on Forsell Road and struck an SUV head-on. Four others in the SUV were treated and released from area hospitals Saturday.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:46P
Mexican federal prosecutors investigate fatal shooting of retired general
AP MEXICO CITY — Federal prosecutors in Mexico say they are investigating the slaying of a retired general who was shot outside Mexico City after a road accident. The federal prosecutors office says it has taken on the investigation because of
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:45P
Tories under fire as only 1 in 3 muggers is jailed
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has been heavily criticised for his money-saving plans to send fewer offenders to jail and reduce the prison population by 3000. This would see more sex offenders and drug dealers free to roam the streets.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:44P
First Stop for Strauss-Kahn House Arrest
"The more documents, the better," said New York criminal-defense lawyer Paul Shechtman. But he said that might not be the case with Mr. Strauss-Kahn, whose case will likely turn more on witness testimony and physical evidence than spreadsheets and
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:44P
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION: How far can CPC go?
Headed by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isah Ayo Salami, the two petitions against Jonathan were filed by the Congress of Progressive Change (CPC) and Hope Democratic Party (HDP). The tribunal held its inaugural sitting last week with
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:44P
Bahrain's appeals court upholds death sentences pronounced by special military
A final verdict is expected to be pronounced by the Cassation Court, which the defendants have the right to appeal to. According to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, the authorities are currently detaining some one thousand political prisoners.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:43P
Court halts NAPEP keke contract award
Trial judge in the matter, Justice James Tsoho, granted the order, following the suit against NAPEP by a Lagos-based company, Autobahn Techniques Limited, the concept owner, initiator and till recently, supplier of the Keke NAPEP tricycles to the
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:42P
Separate crashes early Sunday, one turns fatal
Fatal accident on 600 South in Salt Lake City early Sunday morning. March 22, 2011. Photo provided by Utah Department of Public Safety Alex Flores, 22, of Salt Lake City, the driver of the wrong way vehicle, was killed at the scene.
Updated: 05/22/2011 07:42P
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