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Jan crawford on the case before the Supreme Court today. Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. The new commissioner of the National Basketball association chose the nuclear option. Today, adam silver banned Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for life and urged the rest of the nba owners to force him to sell his team. It is punishment for racist comments the 80yearold sterling admits that he made, comments condemned by president obama as incredibly offensive. Here is commissioner silver this afternoo...

In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far. ...

In its quest to fill the dwindling ranks of its infantry, Ukraine has turned to recruiting prisoners to join the fight against Russia, and more than four thousand have applied so far.

Ukraine is enlisting prisoners to help replenish the army ranks, with up to 20,000 being mobilised. Inmates taking part will have their remaining sentences cleared.

Der a deal offered to inmates by the government, prisoners will have their remaining sentences cleared - regardless of length - if they agree to serve in the army without leave until the end of the war