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A decades-old double homicide is the backdrop for the first appeal before the Supreme Court in 2015. Following that, it will be a year of legal clashes and rulings on assisted suicide, government anti-crime reforms, human smuggling and even pot brownies. Here’s a look:

Extradition appeal

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Next week, two Quebecers wanted by police in the United States for the 1988 slayings of a New Hampshire lesbian couple will appeal to the high court to strike down federal extradition orders.

Anthony Barnaby stood trial in the U.S. three times in 1989 and 1990 for the crime, but each trial ended in a hung jury. Murder charges were eventually dropped.

Now U.S. prosecutors want another crack at him and his alleged accomplice, David Caplin. The two men were working construction in New Hampshire at the time. Prosecutors believe Barnaby stabbed the women to death because he disliked their lesbian lifestyle.