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Jun 07, 2021

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 31, 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…

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United States Supreme Court

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Jan 11, 2022

Disability Rights Groups, Legal Experts, and Conservative Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Georgia’s Uniquely Harsh Proof Requirements in Death-Penalty Intellectual Disability Cases

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 …

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Mar 26, 2021

Georgia Supreme Court Asked to Overturn ‘Nearly Impossible’ Evidentiary Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability

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…

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Jun 11, 2021

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds ‘Uniquely High and Onerous’ Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases

The Georgia Supreme Court has denied a constitutional challenge to the…

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Policy Issues

Capital Case Roundup — Death Penalty Court Decisions the Week of May 31, 2021

Policy Issues

Disability Rights Groups, Legal Experts, and Conservative Advocates Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Georgia’s Uniquely Harsh Proof Requirements in Death-Penalty Intellectual Disability Cases

Policy Issues

Georgia Supreme Court Asked to Overturn ​‘Nearly Impossible’ Evidentiary Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability

Policy Issues

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds ​‘Uniquely High and Onerous’ Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases

Georgia Supreme Court Asked to Overturn ‘Nearly Impossible’ Evidentiary Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability

Georgia Supreme Court Upholds ‘Uniquely High and Onerous’ Burden of Proving Intellectual Disability in Death Penalty Cases