All Articles tagged cruel and unusual punishment

• General
  June 15, 2016 EDT
  MATCHING THE TRAJECTORY OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY DEFENSE: A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE STATES
  Noah Cyr Engelhart

  This comment urges states to review their own intellectual disability defenses to ensure compliance with Hall and the developing trend in intellectual disability defense jurisprudence.

• General
  March 03, 2009 EDT
  THE TRI-CHEMICAL COCKTAIL: SERENE BRUTALITY
  Jason D. Hughes

  This comment argues that although lethal injection may have the potential to be the most humane method of execution, the specific chemicals and procedures currently used violate the Constitution.

• General
  January 01, 2005 EDT
  JUVENILE EXECUTION, TERRORIST EXTRADITION, AND SUPREME COURT DISCRETION TO CONSIDER INTERNATIONAL DEATH PENALTY JURISPRUDENCE
  Elizabeth Burleson

  This article considers the obligations of a supreme court in a liberal democracy and the effect that public opinion has upon the legality of the death penalty.