Appeals Court Ends Death Penalty For Cop Killings In New York
New York's Court of Appeals ruled the state law allowing the death penalty for killing a police officer is unconstitutional. The decision, in the Fitzpatrick case, found death sentences chosen by jury discretion violate the Eighth Amendment. The ruling vacates Fitzpatrick's death sentence and remands for resentencing.
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Albany
LPI
State Court of Appeals
New York
Martin J. Fitzpatrick
Sherill, N. Y
Fitzpatrick
Sherill
Thomas P. Reilly
Robert A. Mumford
Madison County
Canastota
Oneida
Stanley H. Fuld
U.S. Supreme Court
Fuld
Fuchsberg clinging to slim 699 vote lead in NY primary
With unofficial results at 96 percent of districts, Democratic primary for Court of Appeals chief judge shows Jacob Fuchsberg ahead of Jack Weinstein by 1, -? votes. Final recount possible amid scattered upstate and New York City totals. Charles D. Creitel to face winner in November.
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Jacob Fuchsberg
Fuchsberg
Manhattan
U.S. District Court
Jack B. Weinstein
Weinstein
Appellate Division
Francis T. Murphy Jr
State Supreme Court
Irwin R. Brownstein
Broome
Oneida
New York City
Upstate
Judge Murphy tops county race in Orange County vote totals
County Board of Elections figures show Appellate Division Justice Francis T. Murphy Jr leading with 1,189 votes, while Judge Weinstein trailed among four in Orange County. Fuchsberg received 402 votes and Brownstein 148, with Murphy winning the county race.
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Goshen
Jacob Fuchsberg
Jack B Weinstein
Orange County
County Board of Elections
Fuchsberg
Weinstein
Appellate Division
Francis T. Murphy Jr
Governor Cahill's daughter suffers seizure in hospital
Patricia Cahill, 20, daughter of New Jersey Gov William Cahill, was taken to Princeton Hospital after a convulsive seizure at Morven Mansion. She remains under ICU observation in satisfactory condition following brain injuries from a 1965 crash and a 1969 accident that left her paralyzed.
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N.J
UPI
New Jersey
William T. Cahill
Patricia
Governor's Morven Mansion
Princeton Hospital
Walter Seligman
Cahill
Barry College
Miami, Fla
Stratford
Cahills
Miss Cahill
State House
Elizabeth
Charles W. Sandman Jr
Rockefeller Sign Saves Medicaid for Social Security Recipients
Gov. Rockefeller signed a law allowing Social Security recipients to earn up to $2,500 for a single person and $3,400 for two-person households without losing Medicaid, a move aimed at guarding eligibility after a 20 percent benefit increase. The package also included other measures on ophthalmology licensing, private hospital employment fingerprinting, inmate clothing allowances, and UDC housing project controls.
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Rockefeller
Congress
Urban Development Corp
UDC
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