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Roberson v. Texas, No. 22-7546. The Court denied certiorari to Robert Roberson on October 2, 2023, in a high-profile innocence case. Mr. Roberson was convicted of killing his daughter, Nikki, based on the now-discredited scientific theory of “Shaken Baby Syndrome” (SBS).
- United States Supreme Court Decisions: 2021 – 2022 Term | Death Penalty ...
Decided: March 4, 2022. On March 4, 2022, the Court...
- United States Supreme Court Decisions: 2021 – 2022 Term | Death Penalty ...
Below is a selection of Supreme Court cases involving the death penalty and criminal sentencing, arranged from newest to oldest. Jones v. Mississippi (2021)
10 cze 2024 · At the end of last month, the six-justice conservative majority on the Supreme Court went out of its way again to make clear its fervent support for the death penalty and its hostility to claims of...
14 sty 2022 · Decided: March 4, 2022. On March 4, 2022, the Court overruled the decision of a unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit overturning Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentences for the Boston Marathon bombing.
28 mar 2022 · Decided: April 19, 2023. In a capital case from Texas, the Supreme Court ruled (6-3) in favor of Rodney Reed’s challenge to a Fifth Circuit decision that blocked access to DNA testing based on Texas’ statute of limitations. Mr. Reed sought DNA testing of crime-scene evidence that he argued could support his innocence claim.
Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18.
4 mar 2022 · Nearly nine years after bombings near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three people and badly injured hundreds more, the Supreme Court on Friday reinstated the death sentence of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was convicted for his role in the 2013 attacks.
