Venezuela's opposition that won December's election has started legislating, but it backed-down in a dispute with Supreme Court. The opposition said the move was a tactical retreat from the government's "intitutional ambush".
Oscar Pistorius's defense team has appealed to have the murder conviction overturned. Pistorius's lawyer states that the court has discriminated against the athlete failing to take into account his disability, vulnerability and anxiety on the ruling.
The Supreme Court has ruled Florida's death penalty system unconstitutional. 390 inmates on Florida's death row is expecting to appeal for resentencing.
US Supreme Court declined to hear former Alabama governor Don Siegelman's appeal of his conviction on 2016 bribery. Siegelman said a judge miscalculated his 6 1/2 year sentence.
