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Apr 15, 2022

Advocacy Group Tells Supreme Court that Negative Stereotypes Distort Perception that Latinos in Death-Penalty Cases Pose Future Danger to Society

An amicus brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Arizona death-row prisoner John Montenegro Cruz presents evidence that Latinx defendants are particularly vulnerable to juror bias regarding determinat…

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Nov 02, 2022

Supreme Court Hears Argument in Death Penalty Case that Could Provide States a “Roadmap for Defying … Criminal Law Decisions”

In 1994, the United States Supreme Court held in Simmons v. South Carolina that when the prosecution makes future dangerousness an issue in a capital case, a defendant has a due process right to inform jurors that he will…

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Apr 01, 2022

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Arizona Can Deny Death-Row Prisoner Review of Claim that Jury Was Misled About His Parole Eligibility

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of an Arizona death-row prisoner whose sentence was upheld by the state’s appellate courts even though his trial judge unconstitutionally refused to inform the …

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Policy Issues

Advocacy Group Tells Supreme Court that Negative Stereotypes Distort Perception that Latinos in Death-Penalty Cases Pose Future Danger to Society

Facts & Research

Supreme Court Hears Argument in Death Penalty Case that Could Provide States a ​“Roadmap for Defying … Criminal Law Decisions”

Facts & Research

Supreme Court to Consider Whether Arizona Can Deny Death-Row Prisoner Review of Claim that Jury Was Misled About His Parole Eligibility

Supreme Court Hears Argument in Death Penalty Case that Could Provide States a “Roadmap for Defying … Criminal Law Decisions”