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Cruel and unusual punishment

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Cruel And Unusual Punishment: Denying Ex-Felons The Right To Vote, Amy Heath Jan 2017

Cruel And Unusual Punishment: Denying Ex-Felons The Right To Vote, Amy Heath

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall May 2011

Atkins V. Virginia: National Consensus Or Six-Person Opinion?, Joanna Hall

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Contemplating Cruel And Unusual: A Critical Analysis Of Baze V. Rees In The Context Of The Supreme Court's Eighth Amendment Proportionality Jurisprudence, Katie Roth Heilman Feb 2009

Contemplating Cruel And Unusual: A Critical Analysis Of Baze V. Rees In The Context Of The Supreme Court's Eighth Amendment Proportionality Jurisprudence, Katie Roth Heilman

American University Law Review

This Comment argues that, while the Court’s modern Eighth Amendment jurisprudence has gradually reduced the circumstances under which the death penalty may be imposed, this trend is inconsistent with the Court’s unwillingness to critically examine the specific procedures states use to execute, even in the face of growing concerns over the humaneness of such procedures. Part I gives a historic overview of the Court’s limited method-of-execution jurisprudence, followed by a review of the Court’s recent line of rulings on challenges to the death penalty’s proportionality. Part II analyzes Baze within the broader context of the Court’s Eight Amendment proportionality jurisprudence. …


Giving Birth In Shackles: A Constitutional And Human Rights Violation, Dana L. Sichel Jan 2008

Giving Birth In Shackles: A Constitutional And Human Rights Violation, Dana L. Sichel

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.


Hudson V. Mcmillian And Prisoners' Rights: The Court Giveth And The Court Taketh Away, Doretha M. Van Slyke Jan 1993

Hudson V. Mcmillian And Prisoners' Rights: The Court Giveth And The Court Taketh Away, Doretha M. Van Slyke

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Hudson V. Mcmillian And Prisoners' Rights: The Court Giveth And The Court Taketh Away, Doretha M. Van Slyke Jan 1993

Hudson V. Mcmillian And Prisoners' Rights: The Court Giveth And The Court Taketh Away, Doretha M. Van Slyke

American University Law Review

No abstract provided.