Buck, a 48-year-old black man, was convicted of a double murder in Texas 16 years ago. The court made the decision to spare him from lethal injection and agreed to look into his lawyers' claims that race played a role in his sentencing.
The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution of Duane Buck, a black man convicted of double murder in Texas 16 years ago, after his lawyers argued that racial considerations factored in the sentencing phase of his trial.
The Supreme Court on Thursday held back the execution of Duane Buck, who was convicted in a double murder case dating back to 1995, after his attorney argued that racial considerations had plagued the trial.
Texas inmate Duane Buck was granted a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday only hours before he was scheduled to die, after his attorneys contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.
The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs warned the Cherokee Nation that the U.S. government will not recognize the tribe's new principal chief if it does not reverse its decision to revoke tribal citizenship from the descendants of African American slaves.
Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has unabashedly stood by executing more people than any governor in history, but lawyers are pleading with Perry not to add to the record by condemning a man whose sentence may have been tainted by racist testimony.
Konovalov, considered the mastermind of the bombing that killed 15 people, has been charged with terrorism, while Kovalyov has been charged as an accessory to terrorism. Belarus is the only European country that actives employs the death penalty, and if convicted both men could be killed by firing squad.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was forced to slide down the emergency chute out of United Airlines Flight 586 at Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was forced to slide down an emergency chute to evacuate a flight at Washington's Dulles International Airport due to a fire. She was evacuated safely, officials said.
In Texas, Duane Edward Buck was sentenced to death row after a psychologist said his race made him more likely to be violent.
A federal court judge in Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that the individual mandate in President Obama's health care reform law is unconstitutional.
Mississippi voters will have the chance to define the term person to include all human beings from the moment of fertilization after the state Supreme Court validated a referendum.
In a groundbreaking announcement, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) has advised municipal bond market participants that many “bank loans” currently being structured for state and local governments are likely to be classified as municipal securities, even though these “bank loans” are often being privately placed.
State lawmakers in North Carolina Monday moved ahead on a proposed constitutional amendment defining marriage between a man and woman.
So far, relatively few states have made progress in establishing the health insurance exchanges that represent a central piece of the federal health care reform bill.
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out Virginia's challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama last year.
According to George’s lawsuit, she was bombarded by “blaring music, stomping and shaking walls” for up to three hours each day.
A federal appeals court on Thursday threw out Virginia's challenge to the constitutionality of the U.S. health care reform act signed into law by President Barack Obama last year.
Confusion is growing over which terrorist group was really behind the Wednesday bombing of the New Delhi courthouse.
Toyota Motor Corp is battling with plaintiffs' lawyers over how many vehicle owners the company can interview ahead of a potential trial over sudden unintended acceleration claims.
The legal battle over California's same-sex marriage ban could be bound for the U.S. Supreme Court.
At least 34 people were killed in separate terrorist attacks in India and Pakistan Wednesday when militants attacked both civilians and state officials. Police have a number of suspects, but so far nothing is confirmed.
