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21 Aug 2012, 8:17 am by Steve Hall
Lincoln Chafee’s office said Tuesday that attorneys have filed legal paperwork seeking to appeal a U.S. [read post]
26 Jun 2012, 6:21 am by Mark Alderman
Lincoln Chafee requested enactment of the legislation. [read post]
22 Jun 2012, 8:28 am by djackson
Governor Lincoln Chafee has signed a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $7.75 per hour in the state, a 35 cent per hour increase. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 1:32 pm by Steve Hall
Lincoln Chafee to gain custody of Jason Wayne Pleau, U.S. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 11:14 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, a political independent, initially resisted, asserting the state's policy of opposing the death penalty. [read post]
19 Jun 2012, 11:14 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, a political independent, initially resisted, asserting the state's policy of opposing the death penalty. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 11:00 am by CJLF Staff
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee had refused to surrender Pleau to federal authorities because he believed they wanted to try him so that the death penalty would be a possibility. [read post]
30 May 2012, 11:42 am by Steve Hall
Lincoln Chafee and federal prosecutors almost a year ago was ordered Tuesday to face a judge in federal court where he faces a possible death penalty prosecution. [read post]
25 May 2012, 8:02 am by Julia Zebley
[JURIST] US Supreme Court [official website] Justice Stephen Breyer rejected a stay application [text, PDF] Thursday evening by Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee [official website] attempting to prevent the release of alleged murderer Jason Pleau to federal authorities. [read post]
20 May 2012, 6:00 am by Trusts EstatesProf
The Governor of Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, signed an executive order that stated that Rhode Island will recognize same-sex marriages given in other states. [read post]
16 May 2012, 2:07 pm by Attorney David Centeno
Lincoln Chafee issued an executive order on Monday that requires the state to recognize same sex marriages performed out-of-state. [read post]
16 May 2012, 12:54 pm by Steve Hall
  But don’t expect to see Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee’s “state’s rights” stand hailed by Republican conservatives: Chafee is blocking the federal government in order to show his disapproval of the federal death penalty. [read post]
15 May 2012, 11:44 am by Suzanne Ito
Lincoln Chafee's efforts to prevent the institution of federal death penalty charges against Jason Wayne Pleau, whom Rhode Island was already prosecuting in state court. [read post]
15 May 2012, 9:25 am by Jaclyn Belczyk
[JURIST] Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee [official website] on Monday signed an executive order [text, PDF] requiring government agencies to recognize same-sex marriages [JURIST backgrounder] performed out-of-state. [read post]
12 May 2012, 11:44 am
"Chafee, R.I. inmate ask appeals court to delay order": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Governor Lincoln Chafee and defense attorneys asked an appeals court in Boston Friday to delay issuing an order in a tug-of-war over a Rhode Island inmate facing a possible death-penalty prosecution so that the Supreme Court can decide whether to review the case. [read post]
11 May 2012, 8:28 am by Joshua Matz
The Associated Press (via the Boston Globe) reports that Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island will seek Supreme Court review of a recent en banc decision by the First Circuit; at issue in the case is a dispute between Rhode Island and the federal government over whether the state must surrender an inmate in its custody under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers Act to face a possible federal death penalty case. [read post]
10 May 2012, 12:39 pm by Bill Otis
Lincoln Chafee apparently plans to seek Supreme Court review of the First Circuit's en banc decision that Rhode Island must hand over to federal authorities Jason Pleau, the fellow accused of gunning down a gas station manager in 2010. [read post]
8 May 2012, 8:57 am by Steve Hall
Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee must surrender a state prisoner to federal authorities to potentially face the death penalty on charges of killing of a gas station manager, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday. [read post]