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1. Supreme Court Rejects Va. Inmate's Death Row Appeal

   The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed Virginia death row inmate Edward Nathaniel Bell's appeal.

2. Supreme Court rejects obese Ohio inmate's appeal

   CINCINNATI -- The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Ohio prisoner who argued he is too obese to be executed. Richard Cooey is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.

3. Court rejects Georgia death row inmate's appeal

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a Georgia death row inmate who says he is innocent of murder and who sought a new trial or a hearing to examine recently discovered evidence.

4. Supreme Court Denies Death Row Inmate's Appeal

   The Supreme Court today refused to hear an appeal by a Georgia man facing execution for the 1989 murder of a police officer, declining to decide whether the death penalty should be ruled out for a defendant who presents strong evidence of innocence.

5. Ohio death row inmate appeals to US Supreme Court

   CINCINNATI (AP) -- Lawyers for an Ohio death row inmate who unsuccessfully argued that he is too fat to die by lethal injection have filed an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court to halt Tuesday's execution....

6. High Court Rejects Georgia Death Row Inmate

   Convicted in 1991 of murdering off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail, Troy Davis will be put to death after the Supreme Court halted his execution to consider his appeal involving seven witnesses recanting their statements of his guiltiness.

7. Supreme Court Rejects Execution Appeal

   After temporarily sparing an inmate from the death penalty, the Supreme Court has declined his appeal.

8. U.S. Supreme Court rejects execution appeal

   After temporarily sparing an inmate from the death penalty, the Supreme Court has declined his appeal.

9. Supreme Court rejects 'Survivor' winner's appeal

   The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Richard Hatch's appeal of his conviction for failing to pay taxes on the $1 million prize he won on the debut season of "Survivor."

10. High court turns down Ga. death row inmate

    ATLANTA -- The Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for a Georgia man to be put to death for killing a police officer, despite calls from his supporters to reconsider the case because seven of nine key witnesses against him have recanted their testimony.

11. High Court Won't Hear Death Row Appeal

    The Supreme Court yesterday refused to hear an appeal by a Georgia man facing execution for the 1989 murder of a police officer, declining to decide whether the death penalty should be ruled out for a defendant who presents strong evidence of innocence.

12. Court rejects appeal by Simferopol prosecutor's office against city council decision declaring Simferopol 'NATO-free zone'

13. Court rejects appeal by Simferopol prosecutor's office against city council decision declaring Simferopol 'NATO-free zone' (Part 2)

14. Indonesia court rejects Bali bombers appeal

    JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court rejected on Tuesday an appeal by three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings challenging the country's method of executing convicts by firing squad.

15. Indonesian court rejects Bali bombers' appeal

    Execution by firing squad does not violate Indonesia's constitution, the country's top court ruled on Tuesday.

16. Jesse James Hollywood appeal turned down by the Supreme Court

    The justices agree with a California court that the former fugitive can get a fair trial in a 2000 slaying even though a prosecutor helped a director turn the story into a fictionalized movie. It was an unusual true-crime tale of kidnapping and murder that made its way onto the movie screens before the man accused of orchestrating the crime stood trial in court.

17. Court rejects appeal of German cannibal

    Germany's highest court has rejected an appeal by a man who admitted killing, dismembering and another man.

18. Belgian court rejects appeal against Fortis sale

    BRUSSELS, Belgium -- A Belgian commercial court on Tuesday threw out a shareholder challenge to the fire sale of troubled bank Fortis to France's BNP Paribas.

19. New Jersey's Supreme Court to hear Williams appeal

    New Jersey's Supreme Court will determine what role a racial slur will play in the reckless manslaughter retrial of former NBA star Jayson Williams.

20. Supreme Court to hear Giant Mine bombing widows' appeal

    The widows of nine miners who were killed in the 1992 Giant Mine explosion near Yellowknife will make their case for compensation before Canada's highest court.

21. Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal in autism lawsuit

    The country's top court has rejected the latest appeal from parents who want their autistic children to receive specialized therapies from Ontario school boards.

22. Court Rejects Obama Ineligibility Appeal

    The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth.

23. Supreme Court turns down Obama citizenship appeal

    The plaintiff has argued that the president-elect is ineligible for the office because his father was born in Kenya. The Supreme Court turned down an emergency appeal today from a New Jersey man who claimed President-elect Barack Obama was not a natural-born citizen, and therefore was ineligible to become president.

24. Illinois Supreme Court rejects Madigan bid to declare Blagojevich 'unfit'

    Posted by Rick Pearson at 1:55 p.m. SPRINGFIELD---The Illinois Supreme Court today rejected Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan's attempt to have disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich declared unable to hold the office of Illinois chief executive, court officials said. The high court,...

25. Illinois Supreme Court Rejects Request to Oust Blago

    The state Supreme Court refuses to hear the motion filed by Attorney General Madigan to declare the governor unfit to serve.

26. Supreme Court gets too-fat-to-execute plea

    An Ohio death row inmate who says he is too overweight to be executed took his plea to the Supreme Court on Friday.

27. U.S. Supreme Court Is Asked to Fix Troubled West Virginia Justice System

    Briefs in three cases awaiting the attention of the United States Supreme Court suggest the justice system in West Virginia is broken and the court should take steps to fix it.

28. Onyschuk: Appeal Against Presidential Decree On Early Parliamentary Elections Can Be Filed Only With Constitutional Court

    Onyschuk announced this to Ukrainian News.

29. Illegal privatization cases presented to Sri Lanka Supreme Court

    Oct 12, Colombo: Advisor to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and leftist politician Vasudeva Nanayakkara is to compile all necessary documentations seeking Supreme Court intervention...

30. Supreme Court has powers to issue orders to the President, says the Chief Justice

    A President not implementing tasks specified for him by the constitution amounts to violation of con..

31. Appeal for witnesses after death of child (2) hit by van

    A TWO-year-old girl died after being hit by a van on a busy shopping street.

32. Deputy head of Supreme Administrative Court hospitalized with heart attack

    Driven by lawmakers from BYuT?

33. Court puts off until October 17 consideration of presidential secretariat's appeal against decision to suspend election process

34. Justices Deny Inmate's Appeal

    Order clears the way for Georgia execution in case that has been adopted by death penalty opponents.

35. Man in court over father's death

    A County Durham father-of-two was killed by a car making off with stolen lager, a court is told.

36. Obese Death Row Inmate Executed

    Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.

37. Ukrainian Supreme Court chairman warns against power usurpation

38. West Ham in Tevez court appeal

    West Ham appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport as they try to avoid a huge payout to Sheffield United in the Carlos Tevez affair.

39. Garda road death probe was not fair, court told

    A DEFENCE counsel has claimed that the gardai should not have investigated a case where a young man, who is charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of a garda officer and a fireman, will soon learn his fate.

40. Interior minister to inform president about Supreme Administrative Court chairman's illegal activities

41. Head of Ukrainian Supreme Court asks president to cancel decree on liquidation of Kyiv District Administrative Court

42. Ohio Sec. State Asks Supreme Court To Step In On Verification Battle

    Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking for intervention into the state"s dispute over voter eligibility verification, the AP reports. The 6th U.S. Court of Appeals earlier this week ordered Brunner"s office to establish a system of verification that would match driver"s license numbers or Social Security numbers with new voter applications, something the state Republican Party had asked for. Over 650,000 new registrations have been turned into the state since January and Brunner"s office say about 200,000 of them have mismatched data. But Brunner says there are multiple reasons why applications may be mismatched and said that a new process of verification could lead to disenfranchising voters. "If the Sixth Circuit's decision is allowed to stand, an untold number of legitimate voters in Ohio will be forced to re-establish the bona fides of their vote before the county boards of elections, or they will stay home out of frustration or confusion," Brunner ...

43. High court rejects GOP bid in Ohio voting dispute

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court sided Friday with Ohio's top elections official in a dispute with the state Republican Party over voter registrations....

44. U.S. high court rejects Republican case on voter registration

    The Supreme Court sided with the top Ohio election official Friday.

45. Appeals court postpones hearings on appeal of Secretariat on suspension of decree on elections