Petition of the day
By John Ehrett
on Apr 22, 2016
Thepetition of the dayis:
15-797
Issue:(1) Whether it violates the Eighth Amendment and this Courts decisions inHall v. FloridaandAtkins v. Virginiato prohibit the use of current medical standards on intellectual disability, and require the use of outdated medical standards, in determining whether an individual may be executed; and (2) whether execution of a condemned individual more than three-and-one-half decades after the imposition of a death sentence violates the Eighth Amendments prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
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Recommended Citation:
John Ehrett,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Apr. 22, 2016, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2016/04/petition-of-the-day-923/