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23 Sep 2008, 1:48 pm
In a 5-4 decision in June, the nation's high court also struck down a Louisiana law that allowed the state to impose the death penalty on a rapist if the victim was a child.Only a few states still have capital-punishment options for such anachronistic crimes as treason and train-wrecking, but most are considered antiquated and are not used by prosectors.From 1924 to 1964, Florida executed 196 prisoners, including 42 who were sentenced to death for rape. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 2:32 pm by Phil Dixon
Louisiana, as it does not retroactively apply to cases on collateral review Smith v. [read post]
27 Jun 2008, 3:36 am
State, 885 So.2d338, 355 (Fla.2004) (quoting Gaskin v. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
Hellerstedt (2016)—this “Louisiana law imposes a burden on access to abortion just as severe as that imposed by the Texas law . . . [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 7:28 am by Steve Hall
• The criminal defense bar should receive greater support, training and assistance in ensuring that state officials do not exclude people of color from serving on juries on the basis of race. [read post]
29 Nov 2012, 5:34 pm
Even the Supreme Court has gotten in on the act with its 2011 decision in Brown v. [read post]
17 Aug 2020, 1:31 pm by Blair Wallace
These ordinances attempt to ban abortion in those cities if Roe v. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 5:00 am by Bexis
  One of the benefits of the learned intermediary rule is that it replaces self-interested plaintiffs with highly trained medical professionals when it comes to warnings, and in particular with respect to warning causation. [read post]
24 Dec 2015, 8:20 am
  Just about every place else – Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, West Virginia − where state attorney generals (or more likely no-bid, contingent fee lawyers purporting to exercise state power on their behalf) have sought (and sometimes obtained) huge verdicts through endless multiplication of statutory penalties, state appellate courts have stepped in to restore sanity. [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 8:55 am by Steve Hall
Thompson’s case is a totemic story of wrongful conviction: The state of Louisiana, where he was tried, had blood work that pointed to a different perpetrator. [read post]