Sonia Sotomayor Just Dealt a Major Blow to Shady Prosecutors
The court rarely sides with death row inmates, so this rebuke to dishonest prosecutors is a remarkable victory in the fight ...
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Supreme Court overturns Oklahoma death penalty case
The summary finding from Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor is that Glossip is entitled to a new trial The decision hinged on the fact Richard Glossip was sentenced to death for the 1997 murder of ...
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Supreme Court grants death row inmate Richard Glossip new trial. What's next in Oklahoma?
In a 5-3 ruling authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the high court reversed a lower court’s decision that upheld Glossip’s conviction, which allowed his planned execution to move forward ...
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Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip's murder conviction and death sentence
“Glossip is entitled to a new trial,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for five justices. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito dissented, voting to uphold the conviction and death ...
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Supreme Court rules against drivers in a case advocates say could make civil-rights claims harder
The Supreme Court said Tuesday that people who win early rulings in civil rights cases won’t necessarily be able to recover their legal fees, a finding that both ...