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US Court Overturns Historic Opioid Ruling Against Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $465 million for its role in the opioid crisis.
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Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
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Meet Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's Nominee For The Supreme Court
On April 19, 1995, as the first reports came in about a bombing in Oklahoma City, some of the federal government's top prosecutors gathered in the office of Merrick Garland - who at the time was the second-in-command to the Justice Department's second-in-command.
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US Man Set for Execution After Supreme Court Denies Stay
The US state of Oklahoma was set to execute a man Wednesday over the fatal beating of a motel owner after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal by his lawyers.
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Death Row Inmate to Ask US Top Court to Consider Death Penalty
A death row inmate in Oklahoma who unsuccessfully sought to ban a controversial drug used in lethal injections will ask the Supreme Court to consider if capital punishment is constitutional, his lawyer said Friday.
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Satanic Temple Holds Public Sculpture Unveiling in Detroit
A Satanic organization unveiled a controversial bronze Baphomet sculpture in Detroit just before midnight on Saturday, after trying in vain to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma.
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US Supreme Court Backs Use of Controversial Lethal Injection Drug
The US Supreme Court today upheld the use of a controversial sedative in executions by lethal injection, saying it does not violate the Constitution.
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US Top Court Backs Muslim Woman Denied Job Over Head Scarf
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of a Muslim woman who sued for discrimination after being denied a sales job at age 17 at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
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United States' Top Court to Weigh Key Lethal Injection Case
The US Supreme Court is on Wednesday set to consider the constitutionality of a controversial lethal injection technique, in a key case that could have broader implications for capital punishment in America.
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Oklahoma Adopts Nitrogen as Possible Execution Method
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Friday signed into law a bill that allows the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method if the US Supreme Court determines that the state's current lethal injection process is unconstitutional or unavailable.
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US Inmate Dies Two Hours After Execution Begins
A condemned US inmate gasped and snorted during his almost two-hour execution Wednesday in an episode sure to heighten the national scrutiny surrounding the death penalty.
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US Supreme Court Clears Way for First Execution Since Botched Lethal Injection
The US Supreme Court rejected two appeals for death row inmate Marcus Wellons late Tuesday, clearing the path for his execution in what would be the first since a botched lethal injection.
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Report Calls for Execution Transparency From US States
US states' reliance on hiding information about products used in executions is becoming increasingly common, a report said on Wednesday, a week after a botched execution left a man writhing in Oklahoma.
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Missouri moving too quickly on executions: Lawyers
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stay the execution of Herbert Smulls, the Missouri death-row inmate was already dead
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US Court Overturns Historic Opioid Ruling Against Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson
The Oklahoma State Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a historic decision to fine US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson $465 million for its role in the opioid crisis.
-
Oklahoma Supreme Court Strikes Down Restrictive Abortion Law
Oklahoma's highest court on Tuesday struck down a law imposing restrictions on abortion providers, including a requirement that they take samples of fetal tissue from patients younger than 14 and preserve them for state investigators.
-
Meet Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama's Nominee For The Supreme Court
On April 19, 1995, as the first reports came in about a bombing in Oklahoma City, some of the federal government's top prosecutors gathered in the office of Merrick Garland - who at the time was the second-in-command to the Justice Department's second-in-command.
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US Man Set for Execution After Supreme Court Denies Stay
The US state of Oklahoma was set to execute a man Wednesday over the fatal beating of a motel owner after the Supreme Court rejected a last-ditch appeal by his lawyers.
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Death Row Inmate to Ask US Top Court to Consider Death Penalty
A death row inmate in Oklahoma who unsuccessfully sought to ban a controversial drug used in lethal injections will ask the Supreme Court to consider if capital punishment is constitutional, his lawyer said Friday.
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Satanic Temple Holds Public Sculpture Unveiling in Detroit
A Satanic organization unveiled a controversial bronze Baphomet sculpture in Detroit just before midnight on Saturday, after trying in vain to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma.
-
US Supreme Court Backs Use of Controversial Lethal Injection Drug
The US Supreme Court today upheld the use of a controversial sedative in executions by lethal injection, saying it does not violate the Constitution.
-
US Top Court Backs Muslim Woman Denied Job Over Head Scarf
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favour of a Muslim woman who sued for discrimination after being denied a sales job at age 17 at an Abercrombie & Fitch Co clothing store in Oklahoma because she wore a head scarf for religious reasons.
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US Supreme Court Takes On Lethal Injections
The US Supreme Court was set to hear arguments about lethal injections Wednesday, after states began using alternative drugs -- believed by some to cause pain and suffering -- to carry out the executions.
-
United States' Top Court to Weigh Key Lethal Injection Case
The US Supreme Court is on Wednesday set to consider the constitutionality of a controversial lethal injection technique, in a key case that could have broader implications for capital punishment in America.
-
Oklahoma Adopts Nitrogen as Possible Execution Method
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Friday signed into law a bill that allows the use of nitrogen gas as an execution method if the US Supreme Court determines that the state's current lethal injection process is unconstitutional or unavailable.
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US Inmate Dies Two Hours After Execution Begins
A condemned US inmate gasped and snorted during his almost two-hour execution Wednesday in an episode sure to heighten the national scrutiny surrounding the death penalty.
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US Supreme Court Clears Way for First Execution Since Botched Lethal Injection
The US Supreme Court rejected two appeals for death row inmate Marcus Wellons late Tuesday, clearing the path for his execution in what would be the first since a botched lethal injection.
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Report Calls for Execution Transparency From US States
US states' reliance on hiding information about products used in executions is becoming increasingly common, a report said on Wednesday, a week after a botched execution left a man writhing in Oklahoma.
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Missouri moving too quickly on executions: Lawyers
By the time the U.S. Supreme Court refused a last-minute request to stay the execution of Herbert Smulls, the Missouri death-row inmate was already dead
