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Tennessee's Death Penalty Lottery, Bradley A. Maclean, H. E. Miller Jr.
Tennessee's Death Penalty Lottery, Bradley A. Maclean, H. E. Miller Jr.
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
Over the past 40 years, Tennessee has imposed sustained death sentences on 86 of the more than 2,500 defendants found guilty of first degree murder; and the State has executed only six of those defendants. How are those few selected? Is Tennessee consistently and reliably sentencing to death only the “worst of the bad”? To answer these questions, we surveyed all of Tennessee’s first degree murder cases since 1977, when Tennessee enacted its current capital punishment system. Tennessee’s scheme was designed in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia, which held that a capital punishment …
Now Is The Winter Of Ginsburg's Dissent: Unifying The Circuit Split As To Preliminary Injunctions And Establishing A Sliding Scale Test, Taylor Payne
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
The preliminary injunction is an equitable remedy that may be granted to prevent harm to a movant before adjudication on the merits can be reached. The United States Supreme Court most recently iterated in Winter v. National Resource Defense Counsel, Inc. the four factors a court must consider for a preliminary injunction to issue.[1] A movant seeking a preliminary injunction must establish that the movant is likely to succeed on the merits; that the movant is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of preliminary relief; that the balance of equities tips in the movant’s favor; and that …
Rethinking Title Vii's Protections Against Sex Discrimination In An Employment Context, Tyler Corcoran
Rethinking Title Vii's Protections Against Sex Discrimination In An Employment Context, Tyler Corcoran
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
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Volume 13, Issue 1 (Summer 2018), Tennessee Journal Of Law & Policy N/A
Volume 13, Issue 1 (Summer 2018), Tennessee Journal Of Law & Policy N/A
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
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The Case For Complicity-Based Religious Accommodations
The Case For Complicity-Based Religious Accommodations
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
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Judicial Hot Potato: An Analysis Of Bifurcated Courts Of Last Resort In Texas And Oklahoma
Judicial Hot Potato: An Analysis Of Bifurcated Courts Of Last Resort In Texas And Oklahoma
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
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A Tribute To Professor Penny White
A Tribute To Professor Penny White
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
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Volume 12, Issue 2 (Winter 2018)
Volume 12, Issue 2 (Winter 2018)
Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
No abstract provided.