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Sonia Sotomayor adds celebrity to Supreme Court

3 days, 16 hours ago

(AP) Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.Since becoming the first Hispanic justice, Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians at the ...

CAPITAL CULTURE: Sotomayor adds celebrity to court

3 days, 17 hours ago

(AP) Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.Since becoming the first Hispanic justice, Sotomayor has mamboed with movie stars, exchanged smooches with musicians at the ...

Retired Justice O'Connor's husband dies

8 days, 21 hours ago

(AP) John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.The court said that O'Connor, 79, died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade ...

Gitmo detainee challenges judge who halted case

8 days, 23 hours ago

(AP) A man from Tajikistan seeking his freedom from the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is challenging a practice among federal judges here who are short-circuiting the cases of some long-time detainees.The Obama administration is trying to preempt some of the cases by declaring that a detainee is being cleared ...

Husband of retired Justice O'Connor dies

9 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) John J. O'Connor III, the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, has died.The court said the 79-year-old O'Connor died Wednesday in Phoenix, Ariz., of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.John O'Connor, himself a lawyer, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's nearly two decades ago. His condition deteriorated markedly in mid-decade ...

High court looks at life sentences for juveniles

11 days, 1 hour ago

(AP) A seemingly divided Supreme Court wrestled Monday with whether teenagers can be locked away forever for their crimes.The question arose in two cases involving Florida men who are serving life prison terms with no chance of parole for crimes they committed as teenagers. Their lawyers argue that the sentences for ...

High court looks at life in prison for juveniles

11 days, 5 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court appears sharply divided over whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The justices heard two hours of argument Monday in cases involving two Florida teenagers who are serving ...

States where juveniles serve life terms

11 days, 12 hours ago

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High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

11 days, 12 hours ago

(AP) The Supreme Court is considering whether sentencing a juvenile to life in prison with no chance of parole is cruel and unusual punishment, particularly if the crime is less serious than homicide.The cases being heard Monday involve two Florida convicts. Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an ...

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

12 days, 12 hours ago

(AP) Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.Terrance Graham, implicated in armed robberies when he was 16 and 17, was given a life sentence by a judge who told the teenager he ...

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