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Ruling on AG's involvement in some death penalty postconviction motions to come by mid-July
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoShelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan will rule by mid July on whether the Tennessee...
TN appeals court questions role of local district attorneys, how much power can be stripped
Gannett via AOL· 2 months agoJACKSON, Tenn. — A three-judge panel Tuesday afternoon heard arguments about the constitutionality...
Judge: TN law taking post-conviction death penalty cases from local DAs is unconstitutional
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 10 months agoShelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan ruled in favor of the Shelby County district...
Shelby Co. judge says Tennessee attorney general can appeal death penalty review ruling
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe Tennessee Attorney General's Office will be allowed to appeal Shelby County Criminal Court Judge...
She won a case challenging imprisonment of Japanese Americans. She still hasn't gotten her Medal of...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 1941 after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government rounded up and incarcerated Japanese...
The U.S. Prison System Doesn't Value True Justice
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - Getty Images A Maryland judge recently overturned the conviction of Adnan Syed, a middle-aged man imprisoned for murdering his high school...
Meet the Japanese American jailed for refusing to go to WWII incarceration camp
NextShark via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the U.S. government rolled out an order to place all Japanese Americans and immigrants of...