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title: 'Featured Supreme Court Opinions'
description: 'Additional information is available for the following cases: Lethal Injection: Baze v. Rees (2008); Glossip v. Gross (2015); Bucklew v. Precythe (2019)…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/united-states-supreme-court/significant-supreme-court-opinions'
section: topics
date: '2019-01-31T12:51:16-05:00'
updated: '2025-07-25T12:50:08-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
---

Additional information is available for the following cases:

- **Lethal Injection:** [Baze v. Rees (2008); Glossip v. Gross (2015); Bucklew v. Precythe (2019)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/lethal-injection-cases)
- **Intellectual Disability:** [Atkins v. Virginia (2002), Hall v. Florida (2014), Moore v. Texas (2017 and 2018)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/united-states-supreme-court/significant-supreme-court-opinions/supreme-court-cases); [Brumfield v. Cain (2015)](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/brumfield-v-cain-no-13-1433) (right to a hearing on intellectual disability)
- **Non-Homicide Offenses:** [Kennedy v. Louisiana](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/united-states-supreme-court/significant-supreme-court-opinions/kennedy-v-louisiana-resource-page) (2008)
- **Foreign Nationals:** [Medellin v. Texas](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/medellin-v-texas) (2008)
- **Juveniles:** [Roper v. Simmons](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/policy-issues/policy/united-states-supreme-court/significant-supreme-court-opinions/roper-v-simmons-resource-page) (2005)
- **Racially Discriminatory Jury Selection:** [Miller-El v. Cockrell; Miller-El v. Dretke](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/u-s-supreme-court-miller-el-v-dretke) (2005); [Foster v. Chatman](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/foster-v-chatman-no-14-8349) (2018); [Flowers v. Mississippi](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/flowers-v-mississippi-no-17-9572) (2019)
- **Failure to Disclose Exculpatory Evidence Relevant to Sentencing:** [Banks v. Dretke ](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/banks-v-dretke)(2004)
- **Jury's Role in Death Sentencing:** [Ring v. Arizona](https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/stories/u-s-supreme-court-ring-v-arizona) (2002); Hurst v. Florida (2016)