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21 Jul 2012, 2:52 am by SHG
While the Supreme Court held that a state could not put a retarded person to death in Atkins v. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 12:48 pm by Julie Lam
On June 22, 2011, the Michigan Supreme Court granted leave to appeal in three cases addressing the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act: People v King, No. 142850, People v Kolanek, No. 142695, People v Kolanek, No. 142712. [read post]
31 Mar 2015, 11:50 am by Kent Scheidegger
  If fully informed, I think most people would agree with the 1989 rule of Penry v. [read post]
2 Mar 2013, 8:40 pm by Michael J.Z. Mannheimer
  This is in contrast to the persistent contrary view of Justices Scalia and Thomas, which can be summed up best by Justice Scalia’s comment in dissent in Atkins v. [read post]
15 Jun 2015, 6:23 am by David Markus
Georgia in 1976, to  deeming it “cruel and unusual” — and thus banned by the Constitution — for people with mental handicaps in Atkins v. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
The core idea animating Atkins is that below a certain intelligence threshold, people should not be required to pay the ultimate price for their conduct. [read post]
27 Mar 2008, 6:29 pm
I haven't had time to post about all the great recent posts concerning Louisiana v. [read post]
2 Jun 2009, 2:56 am
Both also agreed that the death specifications outweighed mitigation beyon a reasonable doubt and therefore affirmed his death sentence.In 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided Atkins v. [read post]
25 Apr 2016, 7:00 am
He and his lawyers didn’t have a chance to present evidence of his intellectual disability until more than 20 years later, when the Supreme Court ruled in Atkins v. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 7:20 am by INFORRM
He gave two reasons for his conclusion i) It is in accordance with the true interpretation of Lord Atkin’s speech in Sim. [read post]
6 Jun 2016, 6:37 am by Kent Scheidegger
  One has to do with the definition of intellectual disability (formerly called mental retardation) for the purpose of the categorical exemption from capital punishment established in Atkins v. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 1:25 pm by Lovechilde
  In  2002, United States Supreme Court, in the case of Atkins v. [read post]