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Supreme Court to consider death row plea for DNA testing

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Feb. 24 in the case of a man on Texas death row who has long tried to obtain postconviction DNA testing on evidence that he says would exonerate him. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit threw out that ruling in February 2024.

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“Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns; Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, which continued a string of court decisions citing the Second Amendment to erase gun restrictions”

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“Appeals court ruling says alleged domestic abusers have a constitutional right to keep their guns; Advocates for domestic violence victims were stunned by the 5th U.S.

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“Gov. Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates back in effect after Appeals Court decision; U.S. 5th Circuit judges halted an injunction on the mask mandate ban”

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Abbott’s ban on school mask mandates back in effect after Appeals Court decision; U.S. ” You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Justices consider next steps in murder case in which prosecution admits error

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As is frequently the case when the court denies review in cases that have been relisted repeatedly, denial occasioned dissent, this time from Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch. Areli Escobar was convicted in a Texas state court of the sexual assault and murder of Biana Maldonado Hernandez and sentenced to death.

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Court Rulings Prod Expansion of Gun Rights Across U.S. 

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New York State is currently a ppealing a decision by a lower court to strike down restrictions enacted by the state following the Supreme Court decision on carrying guns in specific public places, such as Times Square. The case is pending before the Fifth U.S.

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Justices allow execution of Alfred Bourgeois to proceed

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Bourgeois was convicted in 2004 of murdering his two-year old daughter while making a delivery to Corpus Christi Naval Air Station in Texas. The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins v. Evidence at trial showed that he had beaten his daughter for a month before her death. His appeal was unsuccessful.

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Supreme Court likely to let vape company’s FDA challenge proceed

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Reynolds Vapor Company and a group of retailers based in Texas and Mississippi, primarily fielded questions from just two justices, Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson a promising sign for his clients. The question comes to the court as part of the FDAs efforts to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry. (The

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