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Emil Bove’s appeals court nomination echoes earlier controversies, but with a key difference

President Donald Trump’s nomination of his former criminal defense attorney, Emil Bove, to be a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, has been mired in controversy.

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Prof: Politics behind Missouri execution

Missouri executed Williams despite questions about his conviction and protests from prosecutors and victim's family

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Lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before a Missouri inmate's planned execution

Lawyers for a Missouri man have filed a late appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court alleging there were racial bias and constitutional errors at his trial

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Missouri may execute "innocent" man

Marcellus Williams is set to be executed on Sept. 24 for a 1998 murder that prosecutors say he did not commit

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Missouri Supreme Court To Hear Marcellus Williams Case

Marcellus Williams faces execution despite doubts on DNA evidence and concerns about racial bias in his case.

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Missouri Supreme Court to consider death row case a day before scheduled execution

The Missouri Supreme Court will hear arguments as attorneys working on behalf of Marcellus Williams seek to save him, just a day before his scheduled execution

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Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution

Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017

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Court appeal, clemency petition seek to halt execution of Missouri man who claims innocence

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office will appeal to the Missouri Supreme Court a judge’s ruling upholding the conviction and death sentence for Marcellus Williams, whose execution is one week away

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Missouri judge rejects innocence claim of Marcellus Williams who faces execution

A judge has declined to vacate the conviction and death sentence of Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams, who is facing execution for killing of a woman in her home in 1998

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Missouri keeps abortion on the ballot

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled to keep a November ballot initiative that would reverse the state's abortion ban

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Missouri Man Facing Execution Despite Maintaining Innocence

Missouri Supreme Court ruling raises concerns as man faces potential execution despite innocence claims.

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Missouri Supreme Court blocks agreement that would have halted execution

The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked an agreement that would have spared the life of death row inmate Marcellus Williams and instead ordered a hearing to proceed on Williams’ innocence claim, with just a little over a month to go before his scheduled execution

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Missouri man makes life-or-death effort to prove innocence before execution scheduled for next month

Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams

The Independent UK

December execution date set for man convicted of killing a young Missouri girl

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a December execution date for Christopher Collings, an inmate convicted of raping and killing a 9-year-old girl nearly two decades ago

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Black leaders in St. Louis say politics and racism are keeping wrongly convicted man behind bars

Leaders of the Missouri NAACP and other organizations say politics and racism are behind the state attorney general’s effort to keep a wrongly convicted man locked up, more than a week after a judge overturned the murder conviction 34 years ago

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Missouri judges have overturned 2 murder convictions in recent weeks. Why did the AG fight freedom?

A man who was on the verge of walking out of prison this week after a judge found evidence of his “actual innocence” and overturned his murder conviction now faces a fresh legal hurdle

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Missouri Supreme Court Halts Release Of Overturned Murder Conviction

Missouri Supreme Court halts Christopher Dunn's release post-murder conviction overturn, showcasing legal complexities and challenges in seeking justice fo...

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A man’s murder conviction was overturned after 33 years. The prison refused to release him

Christopher Dunn wasn’t released after his conviction was overturned

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Three courts agree that a woman deemed wrongfully convicted should be freed. She still isn't.

A circuit judge, an appellate court and the Missouri Supreme Court agree that a woman whose murder conviction was overturned should be free after 43 years in prison

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Missouri Woman's Murder Conviction Overturned After 43 Years

Missouri woman Sandra Hemme, wrongly convicted of murder, set for release after 43 years in prison. Case highlights justice system flaws.

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Missouri high court clears the way for a woman's release after 43 years in prison

The Missouri Supreme Court has cleared the way for a Missouri woman whose murder conviction was overturned to be freed after 43 years in prison

The Independent UK

Hearing set to determine if a Missouri death row inmate is innocent. His execution is a month later

A Missouri judge has set an Aug. 21 date for a hearing to determine if Marcellus Williams is innocent of the murder that landed him on death row — a hearing that comes just over a month before Williams is scheduled to die

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Execution date set for Missouri inmate, even as he awaits hearing on claim of actual innocence

The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Sept. 24 execution date for Marcellus Williams, even as the inmate awaits a court hearing on his innocence claim

The Independent UK

Execution date set for Missouri man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006

The Missouri Supreme Court has set an April execution date for Brian Dorsey, a central Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006

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State Supreme Court Vacancies: Retirements And Nominations Update

Two justices announce retirement, new nominations and appointments made in November 2023.

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