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Intellectual Disability

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United States Supreme Court

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Oct 07, 2022

Atkins at 20: Assessing the Purported Ban on Executing Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

In its landmark decision in Atkins v. Virginia in 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that the use of the death penalty against individuals with intellectual disability constituted cruel and unusual punishment in viola…

Policy Issues

Arbitrariness

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Race

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Apr 14, 2023

LAW REVIEWS — Collection of Articles on the Death Penalty from Leading Scholars

The following law review articles by several key death penalty researchers were recently published in 107 Cornell Law Review, No. 6, September, 2022. They cover a variety of issues, such as the interplay between race and capital punishment, the hi…

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Arbitrariness

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Intellectual Disability

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Juveniles

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United States Supreme Court

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Executions Overview

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Dec 17, 2021

“Right Too Soon” Study: One in Seven Prisoners Put to Death in U.S. Had Legal Issues that Make Their Executions Unconstitutional

At least one in seven death-row prisoners put to death in the United States since executions resumed in 1977 had legal claims in their cases that would render their executions unconstitutional, a new Cornell University Law School study shows. …

Entries tagged with “Sheri Lynn Johnson”

Policy Issues

Atkins at 20: Assessing the Purported Ban on Executing Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Policy Issues

LAW REVIEWS — Collection of Articles on the Death Penalty from Leading Scholars

Policy Issues

“Right Too Soon” Study: One in Seven Prisoners Put to Death in U.S. Had Legal Issues that Make Their Executions Unconstitutional