1.   In the first rejected appeal, his lawyers claimed that jurors at his trial were given faulty sentencing instructions.

2.   Of all the rejected appeals, one was especially egregious.

3.   Far from settling anything, the rejected appeals are likely to fan the national debate over tuition vouchers and other financial help.

4.   Block, a libertarian, rejected legal appeals or assistance in her court case.

5.   Block, a libertarian, rejected legal appeals or assistance.

6.   The second rejected appeal was lodged by deputies of the left-wing Meretz party.