Florida uses new drug to execute man convicted of 2 murders
Florida executed a man on Thursday with a drug never used before in a US lethal injection.
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Gov. Greitens: Pull Down Missouri’s Racist Death Penalty Statutes
This past Tuesday, well over one hundred and fifty years since the end of the Civil War, a powerful, well-connected, well-to-do Southern white man, Missouri Governor Eric Greitens, exercised his law-given authority to stay the execution of Marcellus Williams, a poor black man. The reprieve was issued hours before the scheduled pumping of caustic chemicals by state officials into Williams's body.
Indian Supreme Court Declares Privacy A Fundamental Right
In a milestone ruling, India's Supreme Court Thursday declared that privacy is a fundamental right for each of its 1-point-3 billion citizens protected under the constitution. India, the world's biggest democracy, joins the United States, Canada, South Africa, the European Union, and the United Kingdom in recognizing that there is such a right.
Hanson: Statues and the progressive war against the dead
Much of the country has demanded the elimination of references to, and images of, people of the past - from Christopher Columbus to Robert E. Lee - who do not meet our evolving standards of probity. In some cases, such damnation may be understandable if done calmly and peacefully - and democratically, by a majority vote of elected representatives.
A Florida first: White man will be executed after getting death penalty for killing black man
Since Florida reinstated the death penalty in 1976, at least 20 black men have been executed for killing white victims, according to data from the Death Penalty Information Center. On Thursday, Mark James Asay - a former white supremacist prison gang member once inked with a swastika tattoo - is scheduled to become the first, by way of lethal injection with a drug never before used in a U.S. execution.
Florida to execute man convicted in race-motivated murder
The drug etomidate has never before been used in any U.S. execution, but the state of Florida hopes that won't result in the state's first execution in more than 18 months being halted by the nation's highest court. If his final appeals are denied by the U.S. Supreme Court, 53-year-old Mark Asay is to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. Thursday.
Former ECJ judge: Theresa May’s pledge to end all ECJ jurisdiction ‘shows just how ignorant she is’
Theresa May's promise to totally remove Britain from the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice after Brexit "shows just how ignorant she is," a former British ECJ judge has told Business Insider. Sir Edward David, who was an ECJ judge for 12 years, told BI this week that the prime minister's determination to cut all ties with the ECJ suggests she doesn't fully understand how the Luxembourg-based court actually works.
Florida executes convicted double-murderer using new drug
Florida on Thursday put a man to death with an anesthetic never used before in a U.S. lethal injection, carrying out its first execution in more than 18 months on an inmate convicted of two racially motivated murders. Authorities said 53-year-old Mark Asay, the first white man executed in Florida for the killing of a black man, was pronounced dead at 6:22 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Starke.
In a Florida first, white man to be executed for killing black man
For the first time in state history, Florida is expecting to execute a white man Thursday for killing a black person - and it plans to do so with the help of a drug that has never been used before in any U.S. execution. Barring a stay, Mark Asay, 53, is scheduled to die by lethal injection after 6 p.m. Asay was convicted by a jury of two racially motivated, premeditated murders in Jacksonville in 1987.
Federal Circuit Finds No Standing Requirement For Appellees
In Personal Audio LLC v. Electronic Frontier Foundation , the Federal Circuit ruled that an IPR petitioner does not need to satisfy Article III standing requirements in order to participate in a patent owner's appeal from a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in an IPR proceeding.
Missouri prepares to execute its 2nd inmate of 2017
Marcellus Williams, 48, is scheduled to die Tuesday at the state prison in Bonne Terre for stabbing to death former St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Lisha Gayle during a 1998 robbery at her home in the suburb of University City. It would be the state's second execution of 2017.
South Dakota hopes for quick loss in internet case
The Argus Leader reports that the state Supreme Court has set oral arguments for later this month in the state's lawsuit against the internet retailers in its bid to force the companies to pay sales taxes. A loss would allow the state to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, which could be heard by the court in its next session if the state ruling is quick enough.
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for man convicted of stabbing
The Nebraska Supreme Court has upheld the new prison sentenced for a man who took part in the 1998 stabbing death of another teen in a Bellevue city park. Daniel Lee Jones was 17 at the time of the stabbing death of 19-year-old Scott Catenacci.
Constitutional convention is one way to amend a broken system
Texas Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, votes on an amendment during debate on a call for a "convention of states" that would amend the U.S. Constitution and impose things like a federal balanced budget requirement and term limits in the senate chamber, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in Austin, Texas. In September, state lawmakers from around the country will gather at the Arizona capitol to draw up rules for a future convention that will attempt to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
1 American killed, 1 injured in Spain attacks
The State Department says at least one American was killed and one injured in the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain. The State Department says at least one American was killed and one injured in the attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils, Spain.
Maryland removes Dred Scott ruling author’s statue
A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday.
Here are Some of the ‘Beautiful Statues’ Donald Trump Says We Would ‘Greatly Miss’
President Donald Trump tripled down on his controversial reaction to the violence in Charlottesville, taking to Twitter Wednesday to decry the growing movement to remove Confederate statues and monuments. Sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments.
Two House districts illegally skew vote, Texas told by court
A federal court invalidated two of Texas' congressional districts on Tuesday, concluding that they violated the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act by diluting the voting power of minorities. In a 107-page ruling -- part of a long-running legal battle -- a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas found that District 27, which includes Corpus Christi, had been drawn to deny voters in a heavily Hispanic county "their opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice," and that ethnicity had been the primary factor in drawing District 35, a narrow strip that stretches from San Antonio to Austin.
Westboro Baptist Church wants high court to secure protests at soldier funerals Posted at
Margie Phelps says she won't "piddle around" before addressing her opposition to funeral picket laws with the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the threat of violence requires judicial intervention. A federal appeals court last week ruled Westboro Baptist Church isn't entitled to a "bubble-ensconced pedestal" and rejected Phelps' complaints with a Nebraska law that requires protests to be 500 feet away from a funeral service.
Tech companies urge Supreme Court to protect cell phone privacy – CNET
More than a dozen prominent tech companies are urging the US Supreme Court to make it harder for law enforcement officials to obtain individuals' sensitive cell phone data. The companies filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court on Monday, arguing that law enforcement officials should be required to obtain a warrant before accessing data on a cell phone customer's location.The 44-page brief, signed by Apple, Facebook, Google and Verizon, among several others, said greater privacy protections are needed as companies increasingly collect user data over digital technologies.