News Update 03.28.08
North Carolina
Nothing to report.
Elsewhere
Quick updates on several past stories:
- In Texas, a federal district court has decided that Scott Panetti is crazy, but not that crazy.
- The Third Circuit has decided that Pennsylvania’s Mumia Abu-Jamal should receive a new capital sentencing hearing.
- The Supreme Court ruled in Medellin v. Texas that just because the President signs a treaty saying so doesn’t mean the states have to give foreign nationals access to their consulate. Lots more from SCOTUSBlog.
- The Georgia Senate rejected a proposal that would have allowed defendants to be sentenced to death by non-unanimous juries.
