Entries tagged with “Anna VanCleave”
Facts & Research
History of the Death Penalty
,United States Supreme Court
,Oct 13, 2023
New Legal Research Declares “Heightened Standards” of Due Process in Capital Cases an “Illusion”
In a new law review article, Professor Anna VanCleave of the University of Connecticut School of Law argues that the “heightened standards” of due process protection for capital defendants, required under the Eighth Amendment, are in practice no more than “a veneer of legitimacy and procedural caution” that fail to vindicate defendants’ rights. Professor VanCleave found that in the absence of clear guidance from the Supreme Court as to the actual meaning of “heightened standards,” lower…