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Lethal Injection
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Sentencing Law and Policy
AHillof beans
Main June 12, 2006A Hill of beans As I feared, the Supreme Court's approach to its decision today in Hill (basics here) isn't really going to help sort out all…
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A brief account ofHouseandHill
Main June 12, 2006A brief account of House and HillWith so much SCOTUS sentencing news today (basics here), I'm not sure where to start. I suppose it makes sense to…
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Modern capital concerns in scheduled Virginia execution
Main June 8, 2006Modern capital concerns in scheduled Virginia executionAs detailed in this Washington Post article, some of the latest modern concerns about the death penalty surround an execution scheduled…
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A bit of lethal injection history
Main May 28, 2006A bit of lethal injection historyThis morning's Austin American-Statesman has this lengthy article, entitled "Death penalty's drug cocktail rooted in Texas," that provides some historical background on…
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Noting the SCOTUS lethal injection dodge
Main May 22, 2006Noting the SCOTUS lethal injection dodgeThe Supreme Court's decision today not to take on a Tennessee case that directly addresses the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols (basics…
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SCOTUS denies cert on direct challenge to lethal injection
Main May 22, 2006SCOTUS denies cert on direct challenge to lethal injectionAs noted here at SCOTUSblog, today the Supreme Court decided not to decide a Tennessee case (Abdur'Rahman v. Bredesen,…
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A non-lethal weekly recap
Main May 21, 2006A non-lethal weekly recapAs detailed in this post, the most intriguing sentencing action this week flowed from the lethal injection litigation. Nevertheless, as the non-lethal list below…
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Recapping a lethal week for lethal injection scrummages
Main May 20, 2006Recapping a lethal week for lethal injection scrummagesNot surprisingly, because a number of executions were scheduled for last week, it became quite a week for litigation over…
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Texas executions back on track
Main May 17, 2006Texas executions back on trackAs detailed in this article, the halt to Texas executions due to lethal injection concerns appears to have been quite short lived:In a…
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FindLaw commentary onHillcase
Main May 17, 2006FindLaw commentary on Hill caseOver at FindLaw at this link, Professor Sherry Colb has a commentary on the Hill case, entitled "Retribution Without Cruelty: The Supreme Court…