Tag: State courts
Justices signal they could limit Indian Country ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted Oklahoma's request to retain custody of a man who has been on death row for killing...
SC high court hears 1st suit in monument protection law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Supreme Court heard its first challenge to the state law protecting Confederate and other historical monuments since it...
High court won’t hear case of Ohio driver killed by police
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court is leaving in place an appeals court decision that the family of a Black driver who was fatally shot...
Supreme Court: Guam can pursue $160M dump cleanup lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says the U.S. territory of Guam can pursue a $160 million lawsuit against the federal government over the cost...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...
State Supreme Court to hear latest Abu-Jamal case filings
<p>PHILADELPHIA — The latest appeal filed by Mumia Abu-Jamal and a related suit brought by the widow of the Philadelphia police officer he's convicted...
Convictions in baby’s death tossed; couple freed from prison
COLUMBUS, Ga. — Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering...
Convictions in baby’s death tossed; couple freed from prison
<p>COLUMBUS, Ga. — Ashley and Albert Debelbot were sitting in the same courtroom where, more than a decade earlier, they were convicted of murdering...
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...
Pennsylvania voters to decide racial equity amendment
<p>HARRISBURG, Pa. — Protests over George Floyd's killing at the hands of Minneapolis police were raging across the country last June when a Democratic...