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5 Apr 2017, 9:01 pm by Sherry F. Colb
” Yet the Supreme Court, ignoring this rather obvious reality, chose to hold, in Davis v. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 4:04 am by Edith Roberts
Davis, in which a divided court recently lifted the death sentence of a Texas inmate whose defense expert had testified during sentencing that the defendant was more likely to be violent in the future because he is black, and whether he shares Judge Robert Bork’s “zero-sum theory of rights. [read post]
16 Mar 2017, 4:29 am by Edith Roberts
Davis, in which the court, in an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, lifted the death sentence of a Texas inmate whose defense expert had testified during sentencing that the defendant was more likely to be violent in the future because he is black, and Peña-Rodriguez v. [read post]
13 Mar 2017, 3:48 am by Edith Roberts
Davis, in which the court lifted the death sentence of a Texas inmate whose defense expert had testified during sentencing that the defendant was more likely to be violent in the future because he is black, observing that given “the importance of race, … this case is best described as an amalgam of ineffective assistance of counsel and equal protection. [read post]
27 Feb 2017, 4:23 am by Edith Roberts
The first is Packingham v. [read post]
23 Feb 2017, 4:19 am by Edith Roberts
Davis, Roberts wrote for a 6-2 majority, lifting the death sentence of a Texas inmate whose defense expert had testified during sentencing that the defendant was more likely to be violent in the future because he is black and returning to case to the lower courts, possibly for a new sentencing hearing. [read post]