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State senate rejects discussion of abortion ban

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ majority-Republican Senate rejected a push Tuesday for an abortion ban modeled after Texas’ restrictive law, with abortion opponents divided about emulating their neighbor’s approach as they await a key ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate rejected resolutions... Read More.
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Supreme Court rejects Williams appeal

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The Arkansas Supreme Court on Friday said Circuit Judge Jodi Raines Dennis was correct when she dismissed petitions filed by a prison inmate who claimed his conviction in three separate trials for rape violated the prohibition against double jeopardy. Jackie L. Williams, 53, was convicted... Read More.

Supreme Court rejects murder conviction appeal

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By Ray King An Arkansas prison inmate serving life without parole failed to convince the Supreme Court that his conviction and sentence was void because the jury that convicted him had only 11 members. Corelanius Phillips, 52, is serving his sentence at the Cummins Unit and... Read More.
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Quorum court rejects filling most vacancies

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By Ray King Although a committee of the Jefferson County Quorum Court last week recommended filling a number of vacant positions in various offices, the full Quorum Court on Monday rejected nearly all of the recommendations. Out of the nine positions that elected officials sought to... Read More.
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Supreme Court rejects appeal from inmate at Varner

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By Ray King The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday turned down claims by a prison inmate that his sentence was illegal. James Ray Thompson, 34, is being held at the Varner Unit and filed a petition with Circuit Judge Jodi Raines Dennis saying that his 20-year... Read More.
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Appeals Court rejects challenge to prison sentence

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By Ray King The Arkansas Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected claims by an inmate in the Arkansas Department of Corrections that the court that convicted him did not have jurisdiction in the case. Gary Lee Gould, 39, was sentenced as an habitual offender to 480... Read More.

Supreme Court rejects McClinton appeal

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By Ray King A Jefferson County man serving a life sentence after being convicted of raping a handicapped 16-year-old girl failed to convince the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday that evidence presented at his trial had been switched by the State Crime Laboratory and was... Read More.
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State house rejects cut to early voting days

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas House on Tuesday rejected legislation to cut early voting in the state by a day. The House voted down the measure 39-43. The Senate last week had approved the bill, which would have eliminated early voting on the... Read More.

Supreme Court rejects appeal in murder case

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By Ray King A member of the Cherokee Nation who pleaded guilty to capital murder to avoid the death penalty in 2005 has failed to convince the Arkansas Supreme Court that he was arrested and searched illegally, that his guilty plea was not knowingly entered,... Read More.
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