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New Twist in Anthony Graves Saga
Former death row inmate freed on federal bond then rearrested because he didn’t have the dough necessary for freedom on state bond set last month
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Mental Illness and Execution: Supremes to weigh in
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Texas death row inmate Scott Panetti, to address question of how mentally ill a person has to be for an execution to be considered cruel and unusual punishment
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Lobbying Lawsuit Update
Parties in taxpayer-funded lobbying suit are splitting the difference following district judge’s recent opinion
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Excessive Force Firing
APD officer fired and three of his supervisors suspended for policy violations in connection with arrest of drunk, possibly mentally retarded man
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Hemp-Farming Update
North Dakota Ag commissioner asks DEA to waive individual federal registration requirements for state’s licensed hemp farmers
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Graves Update: Judge thumbs nose at feds
Lawyers for Graves fire back at Burleson Co. District Judge Reva Towslee-Corbett, who, in an apparent screw you to federal bench, set $1 million bond for Graves to be released from jail
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Cracking Craddick’s Calendar
Judge gives Craddick until Jan. 12 to provide information to court to determine whether his private calendar contains details about public business that would warrant its release under open-records laws
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Sony CDs Busted by AG
AG reaches settlements with Sony BMG and Internet-based digital-phone provider Vonage Holdings Corp.
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Graves Free on Bond; Prosecutor Withdraws
Burleson County DA files motion voluntarily recusing her office from handling the retrial of Anthony Graves, convicted and sentenced to die for a 1992 multiple murder in that county; 5th Circuit again rules in Graves’ favor, denying state motion to keep him locked up until he can be retried