Supreme Court faces blockbuster term ending in summer
The Supreme Court nears the end of its 1996 97 term with 47 cases awaiting decisions and a slate of high profile issues including doctor assisted death rights, Paula Jones suit against Clinton, Internet free speech limits, gun buyer background checks funding, spendings veto power, predator confinement, church state cases, and school prayer remedies. Music at the Supreme Court featured Graves Jones and MacPartland with a witty quip from Marian McPartland.
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California nurse jailed for threats against Chief Justice Rehnquist
Susan Viola Klal a San Diego nurse has been jailed awaiting sentencing after conviction for threatening to assault Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Supreme Court clerk William Suter. Prosecutors showed she wrote angry letters traveled to Washington enrolled in gun lessons, and began seeking the court’s help in 1995 after losing a child custody case in San Diego.
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Bill would have teens tried as adults
The House panel moves a juvenile justice bill toward allowing 14 and older offenders to be tried in adult courts for serious federal crimes. It would open felonious youths’ records, push states to try 15-year-olds as adults for violent crimes, and tie grants to broader juvenile justice reforms. The Clinton administration backed prosecutorial discretion, not a blanket presumption.
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