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In his 11-page opinion , Einhorn described the proceedings as " a festering wound on the body of respondents and an embarrassment to the rule of law . The U.S. government considers it a terrorist organization.The eight have denied being members , and immigrant rights groups have called the case politically motivated.Attorney Marc Van Der Hout , who represents the " L.A. Eight , " said the judge 's order will make it safer for immigrants to express political views.U.S . " It certainly is calling attention to the issue of sentencing , and that might well move higher up on the legislative scale the priority of sentencing reform . " The Humane Society has been working for years to steepen the penalty for cockfighting in Virginia . " The Supreme Court 's first decision of its young term was a swift but divided opinion upholding the death penalty for a California man who killed a young woman during a burglary more than 25 years ago.Yesterday 's 5 to 4 decision was the second time the fate of Fernando Belmontes reached the Supreme Court , and once again the justices sent it back to the California-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit , saying the appeals court had misinterpreted the high court 's rulings in overturning Belmontes 's death sentence .