US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens turned down former newspaper mogul Conrad Black’s request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals against his fraud conviction.

US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens turned down former newspaper mogul Conrad Black's request to be freed from a Florida prison while he appeals against his fraud conviction.

The US Supreme Court threw out death sentences for three killers in the state of Texas today because of problems with instructions given to jurors who were deciding between life in prison and death.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that President George W Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.

The US Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s one-of-a-kind physician-assisted suicide law today, rejecting a Bush administration attempt to punish doctors who help terminally ill patients die.

US government authorities may prosecute sick people who smoke pot on doctors’ orders, the Supreme Court said today, ruling that state medical marijuana laws don’t protect users from a federal ban on the drug.

The first presidential election since the United States plunged into its war on terrorism was finally handed over to voters today.

A DEEPLY divided Supreme Court last night wrestled over allowing states to execute teenage killers, with several justices raising concerns that the United States is out of step with the rest of the world.

THE US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that prisoners seized as potential terrorists and held for more than two years in Cuba may challenge their captivity in American courts, a defeat for President George Bush in one of the first major cases arising from the September 11 attacks.

THE US Supreme Court struck down a ban on gay sex yesterday, ruling that the law was an unconstitutional violation of privacy.