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  2. Action at Lanark - Wikipedia

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    The action at Lanark was an attack at Lanark, Scotland during the First War of Scottish Independence in May 1297. The Scotsman William Wallace led an uprising against the English and killed the Sheriff of Lanark, William Heselrig. The attack was not an isolated incident, but rather saw Wallace joining in with uprisings taking place across Scotland.

  3. Sheriff of Lanark - Wikipedia

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    The Sheriff of Lanark or Sheriff of Lanarkshire was historically the royal official responsible for enforcing law and order and bringing criminals to justice in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Prior to 1748 most sheriffdoms were held on a hereditary basis.

  4. Lanark Sheriff Court - Wikipedia

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    The original venue for the administration of justice in the town was Lanark Castle. [2] In the 14th century, the castle was destroyed and both judicial and municipal business moved to the tolbooth in the High Street, with prison cells on the ground floor and a courtroom on the first floor. The building, in its present incarnation, dates from 1778.

  5. Biden didn't commute the sentences of death row inmates ... - AOL

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    President Biden announced Monday that he had commuted the sentences of 37 of the 40 current federal death row inmates to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

  6. Death row inmate to now serve life in prison for 2001 murders ...

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    Michael R. Turner, on death row for killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend in 2001 in Reynoldsburg, will now serve life in prison. Michael R. Turner, on death row for killing his estranged ...

  7. Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin ...

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    A condemned inmate is led to his cell in San Quentin's Death Row. California is shutting down death row and transferring 471 condemned people out of the prison and into the general population at ...

  8. Historical development of Scottish sheriffdoms - Wikipedia

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    The Sheriffs (Scotland) Act 1747 reduced the office of sheriff principal to a largely ceremonial one, with a sheriff depute or sheriff substitute appointed to each "county, shire or stewartry". [3] The sheriff deputes, who were paid a salary by the Crown, were qualified advocates and took charge of sheriff courts. Where a sheriff depute was ...

  9. Children held at former Death Row prison in 133F heat with no ...

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    The state began moving children as young as 14 to the facility last year