All posts tagged "death penalty"
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Accused killer of Missouri transgender teen will not go to trial until August 2020
The public defenders assigned to Andrew Vrba's case say they're busy working on other murder cases for the next 20 months
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Federal appeals court refuses to review gay defendant’s allegations of jurors’ anti-gay bias
The 8th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to hear the appeal of a South Dakota gay prisoner who claims he was sentenced to...
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Federal court refuses to edit judge’s remarks calling out anti-gay pastor’s “crackpot bigotry”
But Scott Lively and Liberty Counsel claim victory on grounds that judge's remarks have no binding legal effect
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Prosecutors seek death penalty in violent murder of Missouri transgender teen
Andrew Vrba is accused of repeatedly stabbing 17-year-old Ally Steinfeld and burning her body to dispose of evidence
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Connecticut Senate rejects openly gay State Supreme Court nominee
The Connecticut Senate has voted down the nomination of a judge who would have been the first openly gay Chief Justice of the state’s Supreme...
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Brunei’s new law permits stoning gay people to death
“Under international law, stoning people to death constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment and is thus clearly prohibited.” — Rupert...
