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In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court declined review in Thompson v. McNeil, but three Justices issued strongly worded statements about the importance of the legal issue raised. William Thompson had been on death row in Florida for 32 years. He claimed the excessive time he spent on death row amounted to cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth ...
Jan 22, 2024 · By Melissa Quinn. January 22, 2024 / 10:25 AM EST / CBS News. Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday said it would take up the case of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip after the state ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Updated 11:13 AM PDT, January 22, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear an appeal from Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him. Glossip was sentenced in a 1997 murder-for-hire of the owner of the motel ...
Oct 11, 2022 · October 11, 2022 / 1:54 PM EDT / CBS News. Washington — The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined a bid from a Black man on death row in Texas for the murder of his estranged White wife and two ...
Age. Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988) – Capital punishment for crimes committed at 15 years of age or less is unconstitutional. Stanford v. Kentucky, 492 U.S. 361 (1989) – The death penalty for crimes committed at age 16 or 17 is constitutional. (Overruled in Roper v. Simmons) Roper v.
Jan 22, 2024 · Reporting from Washington. Jan. 22, 2024. The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether Richard Glossip, a death row inmate in Oklahoma, deserves a new trial in light of newly disclosed ...
Mar 27, 2018 · copy page link. Print Page. Andrew Holbrooke/Getty Images. Roe v. Wade was a landmark legal decision issued on January 22, 1973, in which the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Texas statute banning ...
