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Man executed in Missouri after 20 years despite victim's family thinking he was innocent

Marcellus Williams was convicted of murdering a former journalist, but concerns had been raised that key evidence had been contaminated

Evening Standard

Marcellus Williams Finally Executed By Lethal Injection: Why Did Victim's Family Want Life Imprisonment, Not Death Penalty?

Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection in Missouri, despite new DNA evidence and pleas from the victim's family for clemency, raising serious concerns about potential wrongful convictions in capital punishment cases.

International Business Times UK

Lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before a Missouri inmate's planned execution

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial

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Missouri Death Row Inmate Marcellus Williams Scheduled For Execution

Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate in Missouri, faces execution despite maintaining innocence, sparking concerns about potential injustice in capital p...

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Florida says execution shouldn't be stayed for Parkinson's symptoms

Attorneys for the state of Florida say the execution of a man with Parkinson’s symptoms should not be delayed

The Independent UK

This Nebraska Man Almost Lost His Home and All of Its Equity Over a Small Tax Debt. He Just Won in Court.

Kevin Fair fell behind on his property taxes in 2014. The local government eventually gave a private investor the deed to his home.

Reason

While some cities clear homeless encampments, others are granting a ‘right to shelter’

At the end of June, the US Supreme Court upheld an Oregon city’s ban on outdoor camping. The court’s decision means that people experiencing homelessness can be arrested, ticketed and fined for sleeping outside, even when there are no alternatives.

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The Independent UK

A Florida man set to be executed this week appeals to the US Supreme Court for a stay

A Florida man scheduled to be put to death is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to delay his execution so his challenge to Florida’s lethal injection procedures can be heard

The Independent UK

Utah lawsuit seeks state control over vast areas of federal land

Utah’s attorney general says he’s asked to file a lawsuit with the U.S. Supreme Court challenging federal control over public lands run by the Bureau of Land Management

The National (Scotland)

SNP to debate enshrining right to abortion in constitution of independent Scotland

A MOTION on enshrining the right to abortion in the constitution of an independent Scotland is set to be debated at the upcoming SNP conference.

International Business Times

J&J Gets Support For $6.5B Baby Talc Settlement Amid Third Bankruptcy Bid: Report

The healthcare giant faces lawsuits from 61,000 claimants who allege that asbestos contamination in its talc products led to ovarian and other cancers.

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Arthur Lee Burton is executed in Texas after U.S. Supreme Court denied his application for a stay

The U.S. Supreme Court denied Arthur Burton's application for a stay based on evidence of his intellectual disability

Latin Times

Texas death row inmate with hours to live maintains he has 'intellectual disability' as appeal sits with Supreme Court

Arthur Lee Burton would be the third person to be executed in the state this year. Another one was suspended minutes before it was set to take place last month

The Texas Tribune

Texas executes Arthur Lee Burton for 1997 killing of Houston jogger

Burton was sentenced to death for killing Nancy Adleman, a mother of three, while she was jogging on a summer evening in Houston.

Salon

GOP plans to win election — in court

Republicans learned from their 2020 mistakes — and have good reason to believe the Supreme Court is on their side

Salon

Chevron may undo reproductive care

Experts weigh in on our destabilized Supreme Court and how more than environmental regulation is being threatened

The Independent UK

Justice Kagan says there needs to be a way to enforce the US Supreme Court's new ethics code

Justice Elena Kagan says the U.S. Supreme Court should bolster its new ethics code by adding a way to enforce it

The Independent UK

West Virginia is asking the US Supreme Court to consider transgender surgery Medicaid coverage case

West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings that found the state’s refusal to cover certain health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory

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