Petition argues that Brian Dorsey is fully rehabilitated and that execution would violate eighth amendmentAttorneys for a Missouri death row inmate have asked the US supreme court to block an execution sentence from going ahead on Tuesday, following a petition for clemency from more than 70 correctional officers and a letter from the inmate’s appeals court judge.The petition – a writ of certiorari – asks the court to spare Brian Dorsey’s life in favor of a life-without-parole sentence based on...
The Harlem Democrat is making his case to the nation's highest court. A federal appeals court reinstated charges against the former New York politician last month. [ more › ]
Kari Lake and Mark Finchem filed a Supplemental Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday, adding support for their Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Motion to Expedite asking the court to hear an appeal of the dismissal of their lawsuit to stop the use of electronic voting machine tabulators in elections. The defendant Arizona officials failed to file a response to the pair’s petition, boosting the chances SCOTUS might accept the case and implying they did not object to the statements in...
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat
The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, follows the resignation of two presidents in just over a year, in departures linked to separate allegations of wrongdoing. The sheer scale of Lan’s misconduct has...
By Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — The death sentence handed to a real estate tycoon in a $12.5 billion financial fraud case is the latest punishment meted out by Vietnam in the Southeast Asian country’s sweeping “blazing furnace” anti-corruption campaign. Thursday’s ruling against Truong My Lan, the former chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat
The Ohio Supreme Court issued a decision Wednesday in a case that goes back to the height of the pandemic and a reporter’s request for death records.
The Supreme Court will determine the fate of a major Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related case. The ruling could affect hundreds of people who were in Read More
The fate of a Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago appears to rest with the U.S. Supreme Court, with just hours to go before the scheduled execution
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of a Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago appears to rest with the U.S. Supreme Court, with just hours to go before the scheduled execution. Brian Dorsey is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday night. Gov.
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The fate of a Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband nearly two decades ago appears to rest with the U.S. Supreme Court, with just hours to go before the scheduled execution. Brian Dorsey is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday night. Gov.