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An Analysis Of The Death Penalty Jurisprudence Of The October 2007 Supreme Court Term (The Twentieth Annual Supreme Court Review), Richard Klein
An Analysis Of The Death Penalty Jurisprudence Of The October 2007 Supreme Court Term (The Twentieth Annual Supreme Court Review), Richard Klein
Richard Daniel Klein
No abstract provided.
Death Penalty Cases Impose Singular Burden, Judith L. Ritter, Ross Kleinstuber
Death Penalty Cases Impose Singular Burden, Judith L. Ritter, Ross Kleinstuber
Judith L Ritter
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More Different Than Life, Less Different Than Death, William W. Berry Iii
More Different Than Life, Less Different Than Death, William W. Berry Iii
William W Berry III
The Supreme Court has traditionally divided its application of the Eighth Amendment into two categories, capital and non-capital cases, based on the longstanding notion that “death- is-different.” In the recent case of Graham v. Florida, however, the Supreme Court applied its “evolving standards of decency” standard, heretofore reserved for capital cases, to a non-capital case in holding that the Eighth Amendment prohibited states from sentencing juvenile offenders to life without parole for non-homicide crimes. The dissenting justices argued that this decision marked the end of the Court’s “death-is-different” jurisprudence. This article argues, however, that the decision instead creates the opportunity …
What's Messing With Texas Death Sentences?, David Mccord
What's Messing With Texas Death Sentences?, David Mccord
David McCord
This article empirically examines the decline in death sentences in Texas over about the last decade.