8th Amendment第八条修正案
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Stanford v. Kentucky (1989)
Upheld Thompson—16 still the rule.
Roper v. Simmons (2019)
A person must now be at least 18 years of age at
the time of the crime, to receive the DP.
Allow defendant to show all evidence of why they should not received the DP, in the punishment phase.
Have an automatic appeal.
Supreme Court Cases
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Death penalty in this case IS Constitutional.
And…Texas got after it after that!
The Death Penalty Is it cruel anIs Lethal Injection, cruel & unusual?
Baze v. Rees (2019)
Supreme Court’s decision in this case—video (click this link)
Can the death penalty be given to a child molester? Kennedy v. Louisiana (2019)
(wikipedia)
Is this cruel & unusual punishment?
Cruel & Unusual Punishment for Teen in Georgia
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT
S07A1606. WILSON v. THE STATE.
Decided: October 26, 2019
$40,000+
Average time on Death Row in TX: 10.43 years. Cost per day in prison per offender: $62.00
Is Lethal Injection, cruel & unusual?
Supreme Court considered last term, whether lethal injection is constitutional.
Lethal injection in Texas consists of:
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose—sedates person) Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant—
collapses diaphragm and lungs) Potassim Chloride (stops heart beat)
“We conclude that the habeas court properly ruled that Wilson’s sentence of ten years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a fifteen-year-old girl when he was only seventeen years old constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”
Thursday, 23 August, 2019
Texas carried out its 400th execution since the US Supreme Court
reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
Conner asked for forgiveness before he was put to his death.
Usually pronounced dead approx. 7 minutes after LJ begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used: $86.08. Cost of one appeal to Texas Ct. of Crim. Appls.:
want? Or crunchy v. creamy peanut butter? Prisoners not getting adequate health care? “3 strikes and you’re out” laws.
Ewing v. CA (2019)
“The Loaf”
Those who CANNOT receive the DP
Juveniles. (Roper v. Simmons) Mentally retarded. (Atkins v. VA, 2019) Mentally insane.
Texas dumps the electric chair in 1977 & moves to lethal injection.
Case involves two death row inmates in Kentucky.
Inmates allege lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
Method in question is used in 37 states.
Methods Explained
Supreme Court Cases
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Death penalty in this case is Unconstitutional. It was being used indiscriminately against blacks. States must do 2 things:
There are many different recipes which include a range of food, from vegetables, fruit, meat, and bread or other grains. Some versions may be vegetarian or completely vegan. The ingredients are blended and baked into a solid loaf form. In some institutions it has no fixed recipe but is simply the regular prison meal (including drink) blended together. In one common version, it is made from a mixture of wheat bread, non-dairy cheese, various vegetables, and mixed with vegetable oil, tomato paste, powdered milk and dehydrated potato flakes. Prisoners do not need utensils to eat it, and it is generally served on a piece of paper, rather than a tray.
/1/hi/world/americas/6959665.stm
Death Penalty and Juveniles
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1986)
Juveniles must be at least 16 years of age at the time of the crime, to receive the DP.
8th Amendment
No excessive bail or fines No cruel and unusual punishment
Is this cruel & unusual punishment?
Prisoners working on a chain gang? Prisoners having to eat “the loaf?” Prisoners not getting the type of cereal they
Upheld Thompson—16 still the rule.
Roper v. Simmons (2019)
A person must now be at least 18 years of age at
the time of the crime, to receive the DP.
Allow defendant to show all evidence of why they should not received the DP, in the punishment phase.
Have an automatic appeal.
Supreme Court Cases
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Death penalty in this case IS Constitutional.
And…Texas got after it after that!
The Death Penalty Is it cruel anIs Lethal Injection, cruel & unusual?
Baze v. Rees (2019)
Supreme Court’s decision in this case—video (click this link)
Can the death penalty be given to a child molester? Kennedy v. Louisiana (2019)
(wikipedia)
Is this cruel & unusual punishment?
Cruel & Unusual Punishment for Teen in Georgia
GEORGIA SUPREME COURT
S07A1606. WILSON v. THE STATE.
Decided: October 26, 2019
$40,000+
Average time on Death Row in TX: 10.43 years. Cost per day in prison per offender: $62.00
Is Lethal Injection, cruel & unusual?
Supreme Court considered last term, whether lethal injection is constitutional.
Lethal injection in Texas consists of:
Sodium Thiopental (lethal dose—sedates person) Pancuronium Bromide (muscle relaxant—
collapses diaphragm and lungs) Potassim Chloride (stops heart beat)
“We conclude that the habeas court properly ruled that Wilson’s sentence of ten years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a fifteen-year-old girl when he was only seventeen years old constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”
Thursday, 23 August, 2019
Texas carried out its 400th execution since the US Supreme Court
reintroduced the death penalty in 1976.
Conner asked for forgiveness before he was put to his death.
Usually pronounced dead approx. 7 minutes after LJ begins.
Cost per execution for drugs used: $86.08. Cost of one appeal to Texas Ct. of Crim. Appls.:
want? Or crunchy v. creamy peanut butter? Prisoners not getting adequate health care? “3 strikes and you’re out” laws.
Ewing v. CA (2019)
“The Loaf”
Those who CANNOT receive the DP
Juveniles. (Roper v. Simmons) Mentally retarded. (Atkins v. VA, 2019) Mentally insane.
Texas dumps the electric chair in 1977 & moves to lethal injection.
Case involves two death row inmates in Kentucky.
Inmates allege lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment.
Method in question is used in 37 states.
Methods Explained
Supreme Court Cases
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Death penalty in this case is Unconstitutional. It was being used indiscriminately against blacks. States must do 2 things:
There are many different recipes which include a range of food, from vegetables, fruit, meat, and bread or other grains. Some versions may be vegetarian or completely vegan. The ingredients are blended and baked into a solid loaf form. In some institutions it has no fixed recipe but is simply the regular prison meal (including drink) blended together. In one common version, it is made from a mixture of wheat bread, non-dairy cheese, various vegetables, and mixed with vegetable oil, tomato paste, powdered milk and dehydrated potato flakes. Prisoners do not need utensils to eat it, and it is generally served on a piece of paper, rather than a tray.
/1/hi/world/americas/6959665.stm
Death Penalty and Juveniles
Thompson v. Oklahoma (1986)
Juveniles must be at least 16 years of age at the time of the crime, to receive the DP.
8th Amendment
No excessive bail or fines No cruel and unusual punishment
Is this cruel & unusual punishment?
Prisoners working on a chain gang? Prisoners having to eat “the loaf?” Prisoners not getting the type of cereal they