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California federal judge bans public release of information on executioners

April 4, 2006 11:59:00 AM

US District Judge Jeremy Fogel has authorized lawyers to obtain information on executioners at San Quentin Prison, but has banned the release of any details about them to the public. Lawyers for convicted murderer and death row...

March 4, 2006 11:12:00 AM

In response to a February injunction imposed by US Distict Judge Jeremy Fogel , California prosecutors Friday proposed altering the combination of sedatives and life-ending drugs used in executions in order to ensure that...

February 27, 2006 03:10:00 PM

The US Supreme Court refused Monday to entertain a second appeal by convicted murderer Clarence Hill in which his lawyers argued that Florida's system of death by lethal injection amounted to a cruel and...

February 23, 2006 12:33:00 PM

California faces a virtual moratorium on executions in the wake of a court ruling that medical professionals must monitor executions by lethal injection to be sure that the inmate feels no pain. The execution of condemned killer Michael Morales...

February 21, 2006 08:58:00 PM

The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has said that the state of California has decided to postpone indefinitely the execution of condemned killer Michael Morales , initially delayed late Monday after two anesthesiologists refused to take part...

February 21, 2006 08:31:00 AM

The execution of Michael Angelo Morales , scheduled to take place just after midnight Tuesday morning, was delayed after the two anesthesiologists on hand to ensure that Morales would not suffer excessive pain during the process refused to...

February 20, 2006 10:02:00 AM

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Sunday refused to stay the execution of Michael Morales , but in a second decision also approved the presence of a doctor at his...

February 17, 2006 04:03:00 PM

The Georgia House of Representatives approved a bill Friday protecting physicians who assist the state in performing lethal injections. The bill, which overwhelmingly passed the House 157-1, would protect any doctor or medical professional assisting...

February 15, 2006 12:22:00 PM

A US federal judge in California has ruled that the state must change the drugs it uses when executing prisoners, because the current method may constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. US...

February 1, 2006 07:45:00 PM

New US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito cast his first vote on the country's highest court on Wednesday in a decision to deny a request to vacate the stay of execution for...

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Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School. The court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez.

Bakke affirmative action case argued

On October 12, 1977, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in the "reverse discrimination" case of Allan Bakke, a white student denied admission to University of California Davis Medical School.

The Court ruled the following year that that the Davis affirmative action plan was unconstitutional; Bakke was admitted to UC Davis Medical School and eventually graduated from there with his MD. Listen to the oral arguments and the reading of opinions by Chief Justice Burger, Justice Powell and others on Oyez, the Supreme Court multimedia site at Northwestern University.