Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy observed that although international law did not control the Court's analysis, it was both "instructive" and "significant" in interpreting the contours of the Eighth Amendment.The Roper Court noted that only seven countries had executed juvenile offenders since 1990: Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and China. [read post]

Reynolds, 1994 OK CR 54, P9, 880 P.2d 391, 394; Matter of L.N., 1980 OK CR 72, P3, 617 P.2d 239, 240.ANTHONY WAYNE JACOBS, Appellant -vs- STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AppelleeCase Number: F-2005-104COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF OKLAHOMA2006 OK CR 4; 128 P.3d 1085; 2006 Okla. [read post]

Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy observed that although international law did not control the Court's analysis, it was both "instructive" and "significant" in interpreting the contours of the Eighth Amendment.The Roper Court noted that only seven countries had executed juvenile offenders since 1990: Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and China. [read post]

Anthony Morgan, the current President of the Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC), and a third-year law student at McGill University, provides some important history behind the Haitian revolution on The Cor, …there is a long and relatively unknown history of deliberate subjugation of Haiti by government and corporate leaders whose actions and inaction have resulted in the effects of the recent earthquake being exponentially greater than they ever should have been. [read post]

Scientific-Atlanta, Inc. [3] Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, Justice Samuel Alito, Justice Antonin Scalia, and Justice Clarence Thomas. [read post]