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Cruz v. Arizona
This case concerns whether a state prisoner can be barred from challenging a state court鈥檚 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.
Status: Closed (Judgment)
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State of Florida v. Dennis Glover
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State of Florida v. Dennis Glover
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Nance v. Ward
May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. 搂 1983 to challenge a state鈥檚 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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May 2022
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Nance v. Ward
May a death-row prisoner use 42 U.S.C. 搂 1983 to challenge a state鈥檚 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?
U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2022
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United States v. Tsarnaev
Whether the district court committed reversible error in excluding mitigating evidence that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev鈥檚 older brother had previously committed three brutal murders in the name of jihad, where the defense鈥檚 central mitigation theory was that he had acted under his brother鈥檚 influence and had a lesser role in the offense.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Mar 2022
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United States v. Tsarnaev
Whether the district court committed reversible error in excluding mitigating evidence that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev鈥檚 older brother had previously committed three brutal murders in the name of jihad, where the defense鈥檚 central mitigation theory was that he had acted under his brother鈥檚 influence and had a lesser role in the offense.