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Death penalty juror change creates 'game of chance' for resentencings, groups argue.

The ruling in New Hampshire came in response to a legal challenge by two of the largest teachers unions in the US.

A 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend the death penalty has resulted in a "quintessential game of chance" for inmates being resentenced because of changes in the state's death-penalty process and unconstitutionally "silences Black voices," groups are arguing in what could be a pivotal Florida Supreme Court case.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge Kathy Bradshaw-Elliott made the ruling last Friday following a hearing for Gulley’s motion to suppress the interviews Friday.

The lawsuit alleges that James is using the "States power to regulate business fraud to stop nonprofit pregnancy centers."

A North Huntingdon family filed a federal lawsuit this week against Norwin School District, claiming their civil rights were violated. Melissa Karabin; her husband, Matthew Karabin; and children, Samantha and Joseph Karabin, filed the 12-count lawsuit Thursday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.

In its 2023 opinion in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-based admissions processes for college violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is calling a special session of the state legislature next week to ensure President Joe Biden is on November's ballot.

Miami commissioners have settled with voting rights groups who accused them of racially gerrymandering the city map during redistricting.

The city of Miami took a step forward Thursday and approved a settlement leading to a new district map.