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Four US states remove ‘slavery loopholes’ on Election Day, Louisiana retains provision

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Courts still may sentence people to “programs that historically, or in the future, provide accountability, reformation, protection of society or rehabilitation” such as “education, c ounseling, treatment, community service or other alternative to incarceration.” .” 76.49 ” 54.78

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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. South Carolina “did not apply” in Arizona.

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Arizona asks court to approve “Kafkaesque” treatment of due-process claim from man on death row

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To answer this question, the court must determine if Arizona Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.1(g) g) provides an adequate and independent state-law ground for refusing to recognize Cruz’s federal right. In doing so, he referenced a 1994 Supreme Court case, Simmons v. Then, in 2016, when the Supreme Court decided Lynch v.

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Jackson’s confirmation expected by end of week after committee deadlocks along partisan lines

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Share The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked 11-11 along party lines on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire from the Supreme Court this summer. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.