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Dec. 11, 2000Washington - Convicted killers executed in 1999 spent 13 months longer on death row than those put to death in 1998, as legislation and court rulings to speed appeals clashed with growing concern over possibly erroneous verdicts, a feder

Dec. 11, 2000Concord, N.H. - Free speech may prevail elsewhere on the Internet but not when it comes to typing www.(pickanyobscenity).com.At least that's one federal judge's opinion, ruling in an adult Web site case.

Dec. 11, 2000Washington - A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that the hidden cost of seeing a complaint through the process of arbitration is not enough to void an arbitration agreement and allow a disgruntled consumer to take the issue to court.

Dec. 11, 2000Cincinnati (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a Cleveland school voucher program, ruling it violates the Constitution's separation of church and state.

Nov. 20, 2000An auto insurance policy that includes underinsured motorist (UIM) coverage, but has a reducing clause in an endorsement to the policy, is not ambiguous, nor does the reducing clause render the UIM coverage illusory, the Wisconsin Court

Nov. 20, 2000Despite almost four years of work by the Commission on Judicial Elections and Ethics, significant portions of the rules proposed by the Commission appear to have little to no chance of adoption by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

Nov. 20, 2000Citizen focus groups say that in Wisconsin's justice system, "race and class matter."

Oct. 25, 2000<@SM>If a juvenile commits a crime for which he could not be waived into adult court but absconds and is not returned to court until adulthood, he may be tried as an adult for that crime, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on October 18.

Oct. 18, 2000<@SM>An independent adjuster for a worker's compensation in-surer is immune from suit under the state Worker's Com-pensation Act (WCA), the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held on October 10.

Oct. 18, 2000<@SM>A Milwaukee manufacturer that was battling a union organizing attempt committed an unfair labor practice when it discontinued its regular annual raises and blamed the union, the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Oct. 13.