Court Court Decisions Indiana Legal 
JURIST
JANUARY 12, 2021
A federal judge in Indiana on Monday stayed federal death row inmate Lisa Montgomery’s execution. Judge James Halan of the US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, granted the stay in order to allow the court to conduct a hearing to determine Montgomery’s competence to be executed.
JURIST
AUGUST 18, 2021
Last week US Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a similar petition from a group of Indiana University students who were protesting a similar requirement. Though her denial was through an emergency application—not a formal court decision—it likely signals that the court will not be convinced by challenges.
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SCOTUSBlog
DECEMBER 11, 2020
Alfred Bourgeois became the 10th person to be put to death by the federal government this year, after the Supreme Court on Friday evening denied his application for a delay of the execution. Federal law and Supreme Court precedent ban the execution of someone who is mentally disabled. The Supreme Court ruled in 2002 in Atkins v.
JURIST
AUGUST 4, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky filed a complaint arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague.
JURIST
AUGUST 21, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Wednesday overturned a panel decision and upheld Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8), which seeks to prohibit a specific type of dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion method.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 27, 2022
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. In Monday’s orders , the Supreme Court disposed of three relists. To begin with the unhappy news (at least for petitioners), the court denied review without comment in one-time relist Kelly v.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 4, 2023
But that hasn’t stopped some from promoting his methods and even deploying 911 call analysis in court to win convictions. In 2016, Missouri prosecutor Leah Askey wrote Harpster an effusive email, bluntly detailing how she skirted legal rules to exploit his methods against unwitting defendants. “Of
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