Supreme Court sends Ohio death penalty case back to appeals court
The Supreme Court issued an unsigned opinion Monday in Shoop v. Hill, an Ohio death penalty case, vacating a Sixth Circuit decision that Danny Hill should not be subject to the death penalty because of an intellectual disability. In 1985 Hill was convicted of the rape and murder of 12-year old Raymond Fife and sentenced [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier of City University of New York School of Law discusses diminished capacity standards in recent capital punishment cases... The United States Supreme Court in Dunn v. Madison recently considered whether or not...
The US Supreme Court on Monday heard oral arguments in two criminal procedure cases. In Ayestas v. Davis the petitioner, Carlos Manuel Ayestas, a Texas death-row inmate, filed a habeas petition for ineffective assistance of...
Supreme Court reverses circuit court decision for procedural error
The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned the Fourth Circuit's decision, concluding that the Virginia state court did not unreasonably apply the court's decision from Graham v. Florida . Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act...
JURIST Guest Columnist Lauren Sudeall Lucas of Georgia State University College of Law discusses the constitutionality of the opposing arguments surrounding the death penalty ... Society's memory is short. So, it may be few are still lingering over the particulars...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday in a campaign finance case. In McCutcheon v. FEC the court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the Federal Election Campaign Act...
Supreme Court rules on 'actual innocence' in federal habeas petitions
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in McQuiggin v. Perkins that "actual innocence ... serves as a gateway through which a petitioner may pass" in a federal habeas action. In Schlup...
The US Supreme Court granted certiorari in two new cases on Monday. In Burt v. Titlow the court will consider several issues surrounding ineffective counsel under the Antiterrorism and Effective...
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases on Monday. First, the court heard McQuiggin v. Perkins and considered if "actual innocence" is an exception to not pursuing...
Supreme Court holds that federal courts should defer to state rulings in habeas proceedings
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday in Johnson v. Williams that in Tara Williams' case, the California Court of Appeal properly adjudicated her federal Sixth Amendment claim on its merits and...
