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The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled 6-3 on Thursday that the pardons of nearly 200 people by Governor Haley Barbour (R-MS) were valid, despite a challenge by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood . Barbour...

There were only 78 new death sentences handed down in the US in 2011—the first time that number has dropped below 100 since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976—according to a report published Thursday...

The state of Georgia executed Troy Anthony Davis Wednesday night after his eleventh-hour appeal for clemency was denied by the US Supreme Court. Davis was put to death by lethal injection, the...

The US Supreme Court on Monday granted certiorari in a case over whether an employment discrimination claim can be brought against a religiously affiliated school despite the "ministerial exception." In Hosanna-Tabor...

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rejected a petition from Troy Anthony Davis on Friday for a certificate of appealability (COA), ruling that Davis must appeal his...

The US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia on Tuesday denied the habeas corpus petition of Troy Anthony Davis , convicted and sentenced to...

The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of death row inmate Jason Getsy. The Court also declined Getsy's petition for review. This was the first decision for newly...

In re: Troy Anthony Davis, US Supreme Court, August 17, 2009 .Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more...

The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal court in Georgia to consider the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis . Davis had filed an original writ of...

A three-judge panel of the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday granted a provisional stay of the execution of Troy Anthony Davis , which had been scheduled for...