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SCOTUS Clarifies Cruel & Unusual Execution, Without Saying a Word

Richard Cooey was executed by lethal injection this morning, after the Supreme Court denied without comment his final appeal. He had claimed that lethal injection could cause a painful death. The...

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The Chutzpah Defense: Should Defendants be Able to Appeal Their Way to an 8th...

Few would deny that 32 years is a long time to spend in jail. It’s a long time to spend on death row, as well. But is delaying the execution — particularly when the delay is caused by the convict’s...

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“Cruel and Unusual” to Sentence Juveniles to Life without Parole

  The Supreme Court today decided Graham v. Florida (opinion here), ruling 6-3 that it violates the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishment clause to sentence a juvenile offender to life in...

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