Court narrows mandatory death for cop killers
Supreme Court splits 5 4 ruling that states may not automatically impose death for officers killers. Judges must weigh case specifics, allowing life in prison as an option. Law enforcement groups decry the decision while Louisiana and New York face guidance on capital punishment laws.
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Washington
Supreme Court
William Ellingsworth
International Association of Chiefs of Police
Gaithersburg
Louisiana
Harry Roberts
New Orleans
Roberts
New York
Ellis McGee
William Brennan
Lewis Powell Jr
Thurgood Marshall
Potter Stewart
John Paul Stevens
Warren
Mandatory energy plan approved by House panel
A congressional energy panel approved a plan requiring homeowners to install insulation and meet federal energy efficiency standards before selling their homes. The bill, supported by the Carter administration, would draft standards by 1980 and could begin in 1982 with possible delays to 1985.
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House Energy and Power Subcommittee
President
Carter
Energy Subcommittee
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
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