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Sacramento -- More than a year and a half after a state watchdog agency warned a Vacaville prison that it was susceptible to litigation because of its dental practices, the family of an inmate who died after having a tooth pulled has sued the state.
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LANSING, Mich. -- An attorney for Jack Kevorkian asked the state parole board Monday to recommend that the assisted suicide advocate be released from prison for health reasons.
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By Deb Gruver, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Sep. 6--A man accused of involuntary manslaughter and aggravated battery in a June accident that killed a Wichita woman and injured her mother waived his rights Tuesday to a preliminary hearing.
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Prosecutors filed a felony charge against Thao, igniting a debate over whether medical professionals who make unintentional yet deadly mistakes should face criminal charges, on top of civil punishment from victims and regulators.
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Under scrutiny the case in which a male patient died earlier this year, showing symptoms consistent with a rare and invariably fatal brain disease.
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WASHINGTON â The Supreme Court on Monday heard starkly different descriptions of Kentuckyâs method of putting people to death, with a lawyer for a condemned prisoner asserting there is an unacceptable risk of agony and a lawyer for the state saying nothing could be further from the truth.
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Despite the fact that the cause of Ol&#39; Dirty Bastard&#39;s death may not be known for several days, it seems that some of his survivors are already bracing for battle over his assets.
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A surgeon appears in court charged with the manslaughter of a patient who had attempted suicide.
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Nearly 1,700 relatives of people whose bodies were found scattered across a crematory's property are suing the owner for all he's worth &#151; but that may not be much.
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A Georgia man condemned to die received a stay of execution on Thursday in the latest reprieve since the U.S. Supreme Court last month agreed to rule on a challenge to the lethal injection method.
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TOLEDO, July 2 -- The mother of a condemned inmate whose execution took almost 90 minutes -- an hour longer than is typical -- sued the head of Ohio's prisons Monday.
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On Monday, the court hears arguments on whether Kentucky's lethal injection is too painful.
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Families of six of the seven people killed when a century-old earthen dam burst on the island of Kauai in March have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the property&#039;s owners.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida is scheduled to   execute a man on Wednesday, whose case touched off a round of   legal battles over the use of lethal injection to kill   criminals.
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The US Supreme Court is to hear a challenge to lethal injections that has halted executions for months.
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Authorities on Thursday charged a Utah inmate with murder in the shooting death of a prison guard who tried to stop him from escaping during a medical appointment.
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A new lawsuit seeking to prevent Massachusetts from placing mentally ill inmates in segregated cells reflects an increasing national concern.