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June 24, 2004
Supreme Court on Cheney Energy Task Force and 2002 Death Penalty Ruling
Just taking notice of a couple items:
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Thursday to require Vice President Dick Cheney to disclose records of a 2001 task force he headed that critics say secretly formed energy policy favorable to the industry.
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The 7-2 ruling sent the case back to a U.S. appeals court for more hearings on the government's arguments. That means the case will remain active in the months leading up to the November elections.
A closely divided U.S. Supreme Court said on Thursday its 2002 ruling that juries and not judges must impose a death sentence applies only to future cases, a decision that may affect more than 100 death row inmates.
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"So many aspects of the death penalty are arbitrary," said Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center. "And in this case, the court is saying that constitutional rights can be deprived and you can be executed depending simply on the date you filed your appeal.
In such a critical matter, this seems grossly unfair."
Posted by glyphic at June 24, 2004 01:37 PM