Juris Vodcast » 8th Amendment http://jurisvodcast.com The Rule of Law: Protecting the Many from the Few Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:21:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 © scott_pearce@passthebar.com () scott_pearce@passthebar.com() The Rule of Law scott_pearce@passthebar.com No no http://jurisvodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Juris Vodcast http://jurisvodcast.com 144 144 Supremes Death Penalty Case http://jurisvodcast.com/2008/06/28/the-supreme-court-death-penalty-case/ http://jurisvodcast.com/2008/06/28/the-supreme-court-death-penalty-case/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:08:56 +0000 Scott F. Pearce, Esq. http://jurisvodcast.com/?p=40 The Supreme Court has limited the death penalty for the third time in six years.  Once again we have a five-to-four split. The court held that it is cruel and unusual punishment to execute somebody for a crime in which the victim does not die.

This is a wise decision. The sooner we abandon the death penalty altogether, the better. Read the decision and the dissent here. Check out some mainstream commentary on the case here and here.

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