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US Supreme Court rules Arizona death row inmate entitled to second post conviction relief petition

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The US Supreme Court Wednesday granted a request by death row inmate John Cruz for post conviction relief from his 2005 death sentence. In an opinion by Justice Sotomayor, the court ruled that the Arizona Supreme Court incorrectly held that the 2016 case Lynch v.

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“Supreme Court ruling in Arizona case will be another front in the voting rights wars”

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“Supreme Court ruling in Arizona case will be another front in the voting rights wars”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

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Justices decline to block execution of Arizona man with schizophrenia

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Arizona to execute a man who suffered from severe mental illness and, according to his lawyers, did not understand why the state wanted to put him to death. Shortly after the court rejected Dixon’s final appeal, Arizona executed him by lethal injection. Clarence Dixon.

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“Supreme Court Rules for Death Row Inmate in Arizona; By a 5-to-4 vote, the justices sided with John Montenegro Cruz, who was sentenced to death by jurors who were not told he would be ineligible for parole if they voted for a life sentence”

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“Supreme Court Rules for Death Row Inmate in Arizona; By a 5-to-4 vote, the justices sided with John Montenegro Cruz, who was sentenced to death by jurors who were not told he would be ineligible for parole if they voted for a life sentence”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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“Court rules against regents in lawsuit over messages about ‘ASU COVID parties'”

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Court rules against regents in lawsuit over messages about ‘ASU COVID parties'”: Howard Fischer of The Arizona Daily Star has this report on an unpublished decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

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In rare win for people on death row, justices chide Arizona for ignoring Supreme Court precedent

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Share In what was only the second opinion day of the 2022-23 term, the Supreme Court delivered a rare win for a criminally convicted petitioner and offered a clarifying example of when it is appropriate for a federal court to intervene when a state court fails to apply federal law. Arizona in 2016.

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A due-process claim from a man on death row hinges on how the justices view an Arizona procedural rule

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Arizona , the Supreme Court will consider whether an Arizona rule of criminal procedure, Rule 32.1(g) g) , precludes Arizona courts from applying federal law to a defendant’s case in post-conviction proceedings. Supreme Court corrected the issue in Lynch v. Share On Tuesday, in Cruz v.

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