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Blurred Lines: How To Rationally Understand The “Rational Understanding” Doctrine After Madison V. Alabama, Cassidy Young
Blurred Lines: How To Rationally Understand The “Rational Understanding” Doctrine After Madison V. Alabama, Cassidy Young
Pepperdine Law Review
In Madison v. Alabama, the Supreme Court held that a capital inmate’s inability to remember his crime did not render him incompetent to be executed. The Court reasoned that an individual who suffers from episodic memory loss may still “rationally understand” society’s reasons for sentencing him to death for a crime he once committed. This Note explores the impact of memory loss on a person’s self-identity, and consequently challenges the notion that a capital inmate who no longer remembers his crime can truly have a rational understanding of it. Specifically, this Note examines how memory loss substantially weakens the two …
Opinion: A Two-Part State Supreme Court, Stanley Mosk
Opinion: A Two-Part State Supreme Court, Stanley Mosk
Pepperdine Law Review
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Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Pepperdine Law Review
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