In dismissing a confession in the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, Col. Lanny J. Acosta Jr. has shaken a foundation of U.S. government cases at the post-9/11 court.
Tag: Decisions and Verdicts
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3 Men Exonerated in New York, 30 Years After False Confessions
Prosecutors said the men had been wrongfully convicted in two separate cases, one of which involved a detective linked to the false confessions of the “Central Park Five.”
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Law School That Covered Slavery Murals Didn’t Violate Artist’s Rights, Court Rules
The artist sued after Vermont Law and Graduate School installed panels in front of two murals it had commissioned in the 1990s.
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Judge Orders New Trials for 2 Men Convicted in Grisly ’93 Murder
An explosive claim in the murder of a young mother outside Buffalo had led to theories of another possible culprit: Richard Matt, one of two escapees in one of New York’s most famous jailbreaks.
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New South Carolina Abortion Ban Upheld by State Supreme Court
The ruling, by a newly all-male bench, allows the state’s new six-week abortion ban to take effect.