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Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled they are divided over the constitutionality of life sentences without parole for youths convicted of crimes other than murder.
The planned execution tonight of John Allen Muhammad remains set following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal on Monday to stay the death sentence. Muhammad was convicted in 2003 in state court in Virginia for his role in the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks that killed 10 people. Justices John Paul Stevens, Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg filed a two-page statement, saying: "This case ...
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled resistance to affording patent protection to abstract business innovations as they debated a case that has drawn an unprecedented level of corporate interest.
U.S. Supreme Court justices appeared reluctant on Monday to make it unconstitutional for any juvenile who commits a crime other than murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possible release.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused a last- minute appeal to stop the execution of John Muhammad, the sniper convicted in a case involving the Washington, D.C., area shootings in 2002.
After two hours of arguments Monday, Supreme Court justices seem split on whether states can mete out life sentences to juveniles who aren't killers.
Florida's tough prison sentences for juveniles came under scrutiny at the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, with justices appearing divided about whether locking up teenagers for life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
U.S. Supreme Court justices from across the spectrum voiced skepticism Monday about whether intangible business methods and other innovations untethered to machines deserved patent protection. The comments, some of which bordered on the derisive, came in the long-awaited argument in Bilski v. Kappos, touted by some as the most important patent case in decades. Several attorneys predicted after ...
The U.S. Supreme Court has denied convicted D.C. Sniper John Allen Muhammad's request to stay his execution. Barring any unforeseen intervention, the decision means that Muhammad will be put to death by the state of Virginia at 9 p.m. on Tuesday night. The Post notes that Justices John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor all objected to the speed at which the high court made ...
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court may be ready to rule that sentencing someone to life for non-lethal crimes committed as a juvenile is unconstitutional, an analysis says.
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad lost a U.S. Supreme Court bid to stop his execution, scheduled for tomorrow in Virginia, for one of 10 killings that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area over three weeks in 2002.
High court allows death sentence for John Allen Muhammad to go forward tomorrow night at Greensville Correctional Center, but three justices criticize state’s handling of capital punishment appeals.
Barring clemency, John Allen Muhammad will be led into the state death chamber tonight and executed for the Oct. 9, 2002, capital murder of Dean Harold Meyers. Muhammad, 48, lost an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. His last hope is a petition now before Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Should Kaine decline to intervene, Muhammad is set to die by injection at 9 p.m. in the Greensville ...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused to delay the execution of "D.C. Sniper" John Allen Muhammad, who went on a shooting spree seven years ago.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block John Allen Muhammad's execution, scheduled for Tuesday in a Virginia prison.
