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A look at three new cases headed to the Supreme Court
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court added three cases to its docket for the Court’s next term. Two of the newly granted cases…
Constitution Check: In deciding who may be executed, can judges ignore medical advances?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, says a death penalty case accepted by the…
Supreme Court rules in major Eighth Amendment sentencing case
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled in Montgomery v. Louisiana, one of two cases heard in October that involve the Eighth…
Philadelphia death penalty case gets February Supreme Court date
A Philadelphia man convicted of capital murder in 1986 is set for a February 2016 Supreme Court hearing in a sentencing dispute.
Scalia’s death penalty comments in a global perspective
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s comments last week on the death penalty’s future in the United States grabbed more than…
An Eighth Amendment double-header at the Supreme Court
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases that dealt with the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and…
Convicted Philadelphia murderer gets date with Supreme Court
Terrance Williams, who is at the center of two capital punishment controversies, will have one of his cases argued at the United…
Virginia case could send solitary confinement to the Supreme Court
There could be a five-Justice majority to strike down the practice.
Constitution Check: Will new limits be put on solitary confinement?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at how comments from Justice Anthony…
Constitution Check: Is the end of the death penalty in sight?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at Justice Stephen Breyer’s dissent…
