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WASHINGTON — The US Supreme ... Court on Tuesday granted a temporary halt to a convicted murderer’s execution, shortly before ...

The US Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for a Texas man 20 minutes ... issued the indefinite stay shortly before inmate Ruben Gutierrez was to have been taken to the death chamber of ...

The State Supreme ... execution after the local prosecutor’s office raised questions about his guilt and agreed to a prison sentence of life without parole. Hours later, the Missouri Supreme ...

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would ... with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution for the 1998 murder of a St. Louis newspaper reporter.

Ron DeSantis in late July signed a death warrant that would lead to Cole’s execution Thursday at Florida State Prison. The Supreme Court decision rejected a series of arguments, including claims ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an emergency appeal to block the execution of a Florida man convicted of killing a college student and raping his sister during the siblings' ...

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled ... Andrew Bailey’s office asked the court to intervene in the case of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams, who faces execution next month for the 1998 stabbing ...

The lower court may seek an administrative stay of Williams’ September 24 execution date while the proceedings unfold, the chief justice wrote. The Missouri Supreme Court’s decision caps a ...

This is the third time Williams has neared execution. The state Supreme Court first set the date for Jan. 28, 2015. But on Jan. 22, 2015, the court granted a motion for a stay and later appointed ...

On Monday, the Supreme Court stayed an Allahabad High Court order for a new selection list of 69,000 assistant teachers, halting the annulment of previous lists including 6,800 candidates.

The US Supreme Court will let Arizona partially enforce a state law that requires residents to provide proof of US citizenship to register to vote ahead of the November election. The Republican ...