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Criminal Defense Attorney Addresses Paul Reid's Execution
Paul Reid's near miss with the death penalty might have come as a surprise to people who've followed his case over the past ten years. Now Criminal Defense Attorney Tommy Overton, discusses this latest decision to bring a temporary halt to Reid's execution. Copyright 2006 by WKRN Nashville Tennessee. All Rights Reserved. (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:15:56 GMT)
Supreme Court Upholds Arizona Insanity Law
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Arizona's law on the insanity defense is not too restrictive in limiting evidence defendants can present at trial. (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 16:26:37 GMT)
Court upholds law limiting insanity defense
A divided U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that limits the use of the insanity defense, an important issue in the country's criminal justice system. (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:07:11 GMT)
Court upholds states' insanity-defense standards
In a 6-to-3 decision, the justices passed up an opportunity to set a national constitutional standard. (Thu, 29 Jun 2006 21:50:01 GMT)
KPMG Defendants' Unity Starts to Fray at the Edges
Defendants in the government's mammoth tax shelter case are quietly embracing separate defense strategies, a shift that could reshape the case. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:25:43 GMT)
Court Upholds Arizona Limits Imposed on Insanity Defense
The Supreme Court ruled that states are not obliged to permit a defendant to argue that mental illness prevented him from forming the requisite intent to commit a crime. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 03:02:12 GMT)
Frustration boiling over at Birch building
Frustrations over conditions at the new Birch courthouse are still on the rise, and some of Nashville’s best criminal defense attorneys are now saying that the if the problems – which began as inconveniences – don’t get fixed, the courts could have a slew of civil liberties claims on their hands. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 05:53:44 GMT)
Defense attorneys want to go to Iraq
NORTH COUNTY ---- Defense attorneys for eight Camp Pendleton-based servicemen accused of premeditated murder say it is crucial that they see firsthand where the alleged kidnapping and killing of an Iraqi civilian occurred in April. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 06:22:53 GMT)
Justices uphold Ariz.'s limits on insanity defense
The justices who make up the nation's highest court clearly don't understand mental illness, said the Tucson mother of a mentally ill man whose murder conviction was upheld Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:28:47 GMT)
Ariz. insanity-defense statute upheld
WASHINGTON - In a major test of the wide latitude given to states in writing their own insanity-defense laws, the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of a schizophrenic teenager who killed a Flagstaff police office six years ago. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 10:31:15 GMT)
State's insanity-defense law upheld
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Arizona's law on the insanity defense is not too restrictive in limiting evidence defendants can present at trial. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:05:51 GMT)
Prosecution asks court to deny defense motion in P25.6-B tax evasion case against Lucio Tan & 69 co-accused
The prosecution panel yesterday requested the court to deny the "motions for leave to file demurrer to evidence" filed by the defense panel in the R25.6-billion tax evasion cases against business tycoon Lucio Tan and other co-accused. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:54:51 GMT)
Guantanamo lawyers say letters seized
Defense lawyers said Friday that authorities at the Guantanamo Bay prison confiscated letters to detainees and other legal papers as part of an investigation into three apparent suicides three weeks ago at the facility. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:25:50 GMT)
Guantanamo lawyers say letters seized
Defense lawyers said Friday that authorities at the Guantanamo Bay prison confiscated letters to detainees and other legal papers as part of an investigation into three apparent suicides three weeks ago at the facility. (Fri, 30 Jun 2006 23:26:18 GMT)
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