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Arguments in the case known as Glossip v. Oklahoma came nearly a decade after the defendant unsuccessfully challenged the state's method of execution, and after the high court has intervened to stop his execution twice before.
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
The high court also weighed whether a conviction should be overturned when the state no longer defends it and will address whether the state’s procedural law prevented Glossip from receiving post-conviction relief.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Oct. 2024
But the state high court on a 4-3 vote avoided that issue entirely by instead concluding that under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, Scardina, a lawyer, was not permitted to sue the baker in 2019 following an earlier administrative process.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
In order to remove her name from the list, Baloch will need to appeal through order of a high court—a process that can take time.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2024
The high court also weighed whether a conviction should be overturned when the state no longer defends it and will address whether the state’s procedural law prevented Glossip from receiving post-conviction relief.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Oct. 2024
But the state high court on a 4-3 vote avoided that issue entirely by instead concluding that under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, Scardina, a lawyer, was not permitted to sue the baker in 2019 following an earlier administrative process.
—Reuters, NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
In order to remove her name from the list, Baloch will need to appeal through order of a high court—a process that can take time.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
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