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Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Law - Updates on Lefkow murders and today's Supreme Court ruling
The Washington Post this afternoon has a comprehensive story on what is known so far in the murders yesterday of U.S. District Judge Joan H. Lefkow's husband and mother.
Here is an AP story, dateline Chicago, published on the NY Times website this afternoon.
There are several updates on the Chicago Tribune home page.
The Post also has good coverage of today's Supreme Court decision to abolish the death penalty for those who commit crimes before age 18. Access the story by Charles Lane here. The story includes links to the opinion and related documents in Roper v. Simmons. There is also a run-down of Supreme Court death penalty rulings, and a state-by-state breakdown "of the 72 people on death rows who were juveniles when they committed their crimes." Indiana is not listed. Texas has 29.
A NY Times story may be accessed here.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 1, 2005 05:10 PM
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