SLRI Presents: State Constitutions & The Limits Of Criminal Punishments, a symposium at Rutgers Law School | October 24, 2024
MA's death penalty is cruel or unusual because it is racially discriminatory
Categories: Sentencing
WA's death penalty is cruel because it is racially discriminatory
It is cruel or unusual to force people without sex offenses to register as sex offenders
Malice is required to convict for murder, abrogating the “felony murder” rule.
Adds malice mens rea requirement to common-law felony murder rule
Life in prison "habitual offender" sentence for stealing $460 is unconstitutional
Strikes down "habitual offender" sentence
Intellectual disability is relevant to proportionality review
Bans mandatory LWOP for 18 year olds
Youth LWOP is presumed disproprotionate