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Caroline Koch
Feb 25, 20193 min read
SCOTUS Sets Lethal Precedent: The Case of Domineque Ray
Correctional facilities’ attempt to balance security and inmates’ constitutional rights often skews in favor of security. However, in a...
Kathryn Canning
Feb 11, 20193 min read
Could a Prisoner be “Unhealthy” Enough to Execute?
There has been a debate on whether a prisoner is “healthy” enough to execute. Consistent with the Eighth Amendment, and this Court’s...
Spencer Griffin
Nov 14, 20183 min read
Forgiveness for Those Who Forget
The Eighth Amendment reads, “excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments...
Lisa Sendrow
Sep 10, 20184 min read
Evolving Standards of Decency: Will Kavanaugh Transform the Death Penalty the way Kennedy did?
Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the Supreme Court on July 31, 2018. He was often the swing vote of many of the most ideological...
Kaitlin Bigger
Mar 15, 20175 min read
Update: Supreme Court Overturns Death Sentence in Buck v. Davis, Finding Ineffective Assistance of C
On February 22, 2017, Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion vacating and remanding Buck v....
Chelsea Jacobi
Nov 26, 20164 min read
Choosing Capital Punishment: 2016 Referendums and the Death Penalty
As of July 1, 2016, there are 2,905 Americans on death row. Almost one-third of those inmates live in one of these three states:...
Kaitlin Bigger
Nov 8, 20162 min read
"Indefensible": Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Continued Racial Bias in Death Penalty
Duane Buck was sentenced to death by a jury in 1997 after his own counsel called an expert witness who testified that Mr. Buck would be a...
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