Ten Years Later: Is waterboarding really illegal?
It has been ten years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, which prompted broad legal transformation in many areas. Throughout the month of September, we’ll be looking at some of those areas and...
View ArticleHot Docs: Teacher spiked student’s drink with hot sauce, lawsuit claims
As most lawyers will tell you, there are some truly strange and disturbing cases out there. This lawsuit is one of them. According to the complaint, the defendant Syvia Tagle, a teacher, took an open...
View ArticleCourt Time: Is life without parole for a 14 year old cruel and unusual?
(Editor’s note: The Supreme Court typically hands down quite a few decisions in the month of March, some of these being quite significant. Throughout the month, we’ll be looking at some of these...
View ArticleTexas to execute mentally retarded man; state claims man isn’t mentally retarded
When does a mentally retarded person stop being mentally retarded? When a state decides that he needs to be executed. In this circumstance, the state is Texas, and the person is Marvin Wilson. In 1998,...
View ArticleSCOTUS strikes down IQ test as sole factor in capital punishment cases
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled in Hall v. Florida, a landmark capital punishment case. The case specifically dealt with death penalties imposed on the intellectually disabled, with the...
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