Arbitrariness
,Intellectual Disability
,Representation
,Sentencing Alternatives
,Jun 07, 2021
NEWS (6/4/21) — Arizona: The Arizona Supreme Court has ruled that the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2016 decision in Lynch v. Arizona, which struck down the state’s unconstitutional refusal to instruct capital-sentencing juries that defend…
Intellectual Disability
,United States Supreme Court
,Jan 11, 2022
A coalition of disability rights groups, legal experts, and conservative advocates are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the uniquely harsh burden of proof Georgia has imposed upon defendants seeking to establish their …
Intellectual Disability
,Mar 26, 2021
The Georgia Supreme Court is considering a challenge to the uniquely high burden of proof the state imposes on capital defendants and death-row prisoners to determine whether they are ineligible for the death penalty because of in…
Intellectual Disability
,Jun 11, 2021
The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a constitutional challenge to the…
