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2012-02-09
Brandon Gatto
來源：Supreme Court blocks Ohio execution
譯者：Anastasius
美國最高法院星期三拒絕俄亥俄州執行一名死刑犯的請求，形同阻止該州執行死刑。最高法院不附上任何評論，拒絕允許俄亥俄州執行Charles Lorraine；45歲的Charles Lorraine因為殺害一對年長的夫妻而在1986年被判死刑。雖然俄亥俄州州長John Kasich拒絕Lorraine的赦免請求，聯邦法院因為擔憂該州經常不遵守注射規定而一直延後死刑執行。俄亥俄州司法部長Mike DeWine論稱，該州的些微不符死刑規定並不造成該程序違憲；最高法院拒絕推翻上個月美國第六上訴法院維持原判的美國俄亥俄南區地方法院的判決。第六上訴法院在判決中指出：
2012-01-19 The Washington Post
By Robert Barnes
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered a new hearing for an Alabama death-row inmate who missed a critical appeals deadline because his lawyers at a prestigious New York law firm “abandoned” his case without telling him or court officials.
