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3 Jul 2008, 7:27 am
Keohane, 516 U.S. 99, 111, 116 S.Ct. 457, 133 L.Ed.2d 383 (1995), superceded the Cremeans holding. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 1:31 pm
The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional for offenders with mental retardation in 2002 in Atkins v. [read post]
8 Apr 2012, 10:00 am by Zachary Spilman
In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that the imposition of the death penalty on the mentally retarded constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution (Atkins v. [read post]
20 Jun 2007, 12:50 am
A global list of events commemorating the day is available here, and at ImmigrationProf Blog there's a call for petition signatures....2002 (5 years ago today), in Atkins v. [read post]
10 May 2010, 9:51 am by Steve Hall
Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that new evidence of a prison inmate's alleged mental retardation is not enough to prevent his execution under the federal death penalty statute.The Supreme Court outlawed the death sentence for the mentally retarded in 2002's Atkins v. [read post]
27 Jun 2017, 1:14 pm by Brian Stull
It rejected other non-scientific factors often employed to deny claims of intellectual disability under Atkins v. [read post]
1 Jun 2009, 11:16 am
We don't execute the mentally retarded in this country; this has been held to violate the Eighth Amendment as being cruel and unusual punishment in Atkins v. [read post]