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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2002

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal of the execution of a 17-year-old convicted of murder.

But four Justices dissented and called the practice "shameful." Liberal Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen G. Breyer said they would have reviewed the case, In re. Stanford, No. 01-10009.

It takes the votes of at least 5 justices to act on a case.

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