Capital Punishment
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60 Capital Punishment Cases

U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023
Capital Punishment
Criminal Law Reform
Cruz v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a state prisoner can be barred from challenging a state court’s decision denying his right to inform the jury about relevant sentencing information, where the state court applied a novel rule to bar his ability to present the issue on post-conviction review.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2023

Capital Punishment
Criminal Law Reform
Cruz v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a state prisoner can be barred from challenging a state court’s decision denying his right to inform the jury about relevant sentencing information, where the state court applied a novel rule to bar his ability to present the issue on post-conviction review.

Court Case
Jan 2023
Capital Punishment
California Racial Justice Act Cases
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Jan 2023

Capital Punishment
California Racial Justice Act Cases

Court Case
Oct 2022
Capital Punishment
State of Florida v. Dennis Glover
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Court Case
Oct 2022

Capital Punishment
State of Florida v. Dennis Glover

U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022
Capital Punishment
Nance v. Ward
May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge a state’s proposed method of execution as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment, when his proposed alternative method of execution is not presently authorized under the extant state law?
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U.S. Supreme Court
May 2022

Capital Punishment
Nance v. Ward
May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to challenge a state’s proposed method of execution as cruel and unusual under the Eighth Amendment, when his proposed alternative method of execution is not presently authorized under the extant state law?