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held that dramatic racial-sentencing disparities do not, without more, make a death sentence unconstitutional, under either the Eighth Amendment’s
in Prison Law, 24 Fed. Sent’g Rep. 245, 249-52 (2012); Margo Schlanger, Prisoners’ Rights Lawyers’ Strategies for Preserving the Role of the Courts
emphasized several unique aspects of death penalty jurisprudence.6 In particular, the Court highlighted the importance of individualized sentencing in
emphasized several unique aspects of death penalty jurisprudence.In particular, the Court highlighted the importance of individualized sentencing in
the constitutionality of Alabama’s capital-sentencing scheme. Alabama is one of only a handful of states in which judges may impose a death sentence
The jury finds Gideon guilty, and while serving his sentence, he handwrites a petition to the Supreme Court.3 His timing is propitious because the
well as those with “packaging or labeling” or “verbal or written repre- sentations” that suggest the substance “mimics the pharmacological effects of
2008. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.3 Every state imposes criminal penalties for HIV exposure. Some states prosecute offenders
some lingering doubt (“residual doubt”) that prompts them to spare the defendant’s life at the sentencing stage. As Justice Stevens observed in 1984 in a
bail, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal, conditional discharge, an adjournment, or as part of the sentence.”). Defendants sentenced to