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High court to review lethal injection
Legal News Center 09/26/2007[##_1L|1000547554.jpg|width="180" height="135" alt=""|_##]Facing near legal chaos in states that use the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Tuesday to review a Kentucky lethal injection case signals the justices are prepared to try to s...
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Supreme Court to rule on lethal injection executions
Legal News Center 09/25/2007[##_1L|1374613952.jpg|width="104" height="138" alt=""|_##]The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether the commonly used lethal injection method of execution violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The natio...
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Pasadena church wants apology from IRS
Legal News Center 09/22/2007The rector of a liberal Pasadena church today demanded an apology and a clarification from the Internal Revenue Service after being notified that the agency had closed a lengthy investigation of the church over a 2004 antiwar sermon -- but also found...
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Phila. law firm hit with discrimination suit
Legal News Center 09/21/2007[##_1L|1190582725.jpg|width="120" height="93" alt=""|_##]Philadelphia law firm Cozen O'Connor has been sued by a former partner who alleges that she was not given the same leeway regarding political activities as male employees. Patricia Biswanger cl...
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Court upholds Md. gay marriage ban
Legal News Center 09/20/2007[##_1L|1152861877.jpg|width="157" height="111" alt=""|_##]Maryland's highest court Tuesday rejected same-sex marriage and upheld the state's 34-year-old statute defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman. In a case watched closely around ...
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Measures To Curb Emissions Backed
Legal News Center 09/14/2007[##_1L|1353512727.jpg|width="120" height="93" alt=""|_##]In a crucial ruling on the global warming issue, a federal judge said Wednesday that regulations adopted by Connecticut and 12 other states to curb greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light ...
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Court upholds tough Vermont auto emissions law
Legal News Center 09/13/2007[##_1L|1290249162.jpg|width="130" height="93" alt=""|_##]District Court in Vermont on Wednesday upheld a state law that calls for a 30 percent reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, emitted by cars and certain light trucks. In h...
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Hearing on Craig’s Guilty Plea Is Set for Sept. 26
Legal News Center 09/11/2007[##_1L|1193342890.jpg|width="130" height="130" alt=""|_##]Senator Larry E. Craig’s request to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport sex sting will be heard on Sept. 26, four days before he has said he will leave the Senate. A spokesman for Mr. Craig...
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High court takes up death penalty for retarded
Legal News Center 09/10/2007[##_1L|1305640653.jpg|width="120" height="101" alt=""|_##]A man who has been on Georgia’s death row for most of his life should not be executed because he is mentally retarded, the defendant’s lawyer told the state Supreme Court Monday. But a Floyd C...
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Court allows Morrison to intervene in abortion case
Legal News Center 09/05/2007[##_1L|1136919502.jpg|width="120" height="88" alt=""|_##]Attorney General Paul Morrison is now a party to a lawsuit filed against his predecessor by an abortion clinic's operator. The Kansas Supreme Court has allowed Morrison to intervene in the case...
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New attorney general has rebuilding ahead
Legal News Center 09/04/2007[##_1L|1320945985.jpg|width="150" height="153" alt=""|_##]Whoever replaces Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will face a daunting challenge. Charges of cronyism and partisan politicking have sunk the Justice Department's reputation to levels not seen...
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Integrated Electrical says reaches settlement with SEC
Legal News Center 08/31/2007Integrated Electrical Services on Friday said it reached a settlement with the U.S. regulators related to an investigation alleging violation of certain accounting laws by the company and six former officers.The settlement does not require Integrated...