Capital punishment Flashcards
Furman v Georgia
SCOTUS placed a moratorium on death penalty until states could revise procedures to be non-arbitrary and non-discriminatory
Gregg v Georgia
reinstated the death penalty under revised guidelines
- bifurcated trials
- aggravating and mitigating circumstances
Woodson v North Carolina
NC’s mandatory death statute violated the 14th and 8th amendments because it didn’t allow juries to consider mitigating circumstances
Lockett v Ohio
juries must consider a wide range of mitigating factors related to defendant’s character and circumstances of the crime to comply with 8th amendment rights
Barefoot v Estelle
SCOTUS held that psychologists etc can testify about future violence risk
Strickland v Washington
SCOTUS established a 2-prong test to establish whether counsel was inefficient
1. did the attorney make serious errors - deficient performance?
2. did these errors affect the outcome of the case - prejudice?
Ford v Wainwright
SCOTUS ruled that executing mentally incompetent person violates their 8th amendment rights
Perry v Louisiana
Disallowed forced meds to make someone competent to be executed
- related to Washington v Harper
SCOTUS sent it back to lower courts
State v Perry
no meds, execution stayed
Payne v Tennessee
SCOTUS said 8th amendment doesn’t prevent VICTIM IMPACT statements from being presenting during sentencing phase
Singleton v Norris
8th circuit court of appeals ruled that forced meds for competency to be executed were OK b/c of the government’s interest in carrying out a lawfully imposed death sentence
Atkins v Virginia
SCOTUS ruled executing people with ID is a violation of 8th amendment rights
- states must assess ID in capital cases
Roper v Simmons
can’t execute someone who was <18 when they committed their offense
Panetti v Quarterman
SCOTUS ruled that inmates sentenced to death may appear in court to litigate their competency to be executed
***must have an understanding of the reason for their imminent execution
Hall v Florida
SCOTUS ruled NO BRIGHT line FSIQ for death penalty
- fleshed out Atkins standards
- must assess adaptive fx
Moore v Texas
SCOTUS ruled that modern tools and standards must be used to assess FSIQ for DP cases
- mild ID may be exempt from DP
Lawlor v Zook
court of appeals ruled that Lawlor was unable to present expert testimony re: mitigation and therefore his death penalty was overturned
Madison v Alabama
Madison had dementia
SCOTUS ruled that memory loss alone doesn’t bar execution BUT
- lacking a rational understanding does
