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Supreme Court sends capital case back for reconsideration over focus on sex
The Supreme Court on Tuesday gave Brenda Evers Andrew another chance to challenge her death sentence and conviction for the murder of her estranged husband. Andrew, who was sentenced to death in 2004, ...
Supreme Court Makes Historic Decision That Clarence Thomas Disagrees With
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from a historic ruling in the case of a woman on death row for murder.
Supreme Court revives case of death row inmate who says she was ‘sex-shamed’ at trial
The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a challenge by a death row inmate in Oklahoma who claims prosecutors “sex-shamed” her ...
She’s on Death Row for Killing Husband. Will Claim She Was Sex-Shamed at Trial Set Her Free?
Brenda Andrew and her boyfriend, James Pavatt, were convicted of the 2001 murder of her husband, Rob Andrew. The Supreme ...
Supreme Court Questions Prosecutors’ Focus on Sex in Capital Case
The court instructed an appeals court to reconsider whether lurid evidence tainted the trial of Brenda Andrew, the only woman ...
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In SCOTUS Case, a 'Historic Victory for Gender Justice'
The US Supreme Court has ordered a review by the lower courts on a case involving the only woman on death row in Oklahoma.