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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.
BOSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look at a question individual investors have long asked about their mutual funds, but the courts have largely ignored: Why am I getting charged twice as much as big institutional clients?
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. Justices also refused to hear an appeal filed by Muhammad's lawyers, Scotusblog.com reported.
With Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's exit from the U.S. Senate contest, two other Republicans are looking seriously at...
The Supreme Court appeared divided Monday over whether states violate the Constitution by imposing a sentence of life without parole on juveniles who commit nonhomicide offenses. The justices heard arguments in two separate cases from Florida in which lawyers argued that the sentences for their clients constitute cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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.
WASHINGTON — Florida's tough prison sentences for juveniles came under scrutiny Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, as the justices appeared divided over whether locking up teenagers for life constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
The case of a Pensacola man sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime committed at 13 is before the U.S. Supreme Court.
U.S. Supreme Court Justices seemed reluctant to allow hedging methods to be patented as it heard arguments Monday that were closely watched by software, biotech firms and other industries. Some ...
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.
John Allen Muhammad’s last hope is a petition before Gov. Timothy M. Kaine. Should Kaine decline to intervene, Muhammad is set to die by injection at 9 p.m. in the Greensville Correctional Center.
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 ...
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to block John Allen Muhammad's execution, scheduled for Tuesday in a Virginia prison.
Suppose you're out for the evening and you see someone stagger out of a tavern, get in his car and pull away. If you're a good citizen, you'll immediately call 911 and give police a description of the vehicle, a license plate number and an account of where it was headed.
This 2007 photo provided by Equal Justice Initiative shows inmate Joe Sullivan, 31, at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Lake City, Fla. Sullivan raped an elderly woman when he was 13-years-old, was judged incorrigible, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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.
