Anthony M. Kennedy & Death Penalty Newsletter
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AG signals possible Supreme Court showdown over death penalty in Baton Rouge child rape case
10 Sep 2025 13:00 GMT
… he pursues the death penalty against Anthony James Jelks Jr. … . Kennedy’s team appealed, but the Louisiana Supreme Court … United States Supreme Court precedent blocking the death penalty for … landmark Supreme Court ruling, which declared the death penalty for …
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Opinion | The death penalty for child rape is unconstitutional—and it should stay that way
10 Sep 2025 15:31 GMT
… appeal to the United States Supreme Court, Kennedy did not argue he was … to be reasonably channeled. As Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority almost … enacts a death penalty for child rape — and if the Supreme Court more implausibly …
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Extending the death penalty to this crime could put children in danger | BRIAN LYMAN
11 Aug 2025 10:09 GMT
… overturn a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Kennedy v. Louisiana, which prohibited … his majority opinion in Kennedy v. Louisiana, Justice Anthony Kennedy made sure to convey … member so charged. Imposing the death penalty for child assault could further …
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A triumphant Supreme Court term for Trump, fueled by emergency rulings
29 Jun 2025 11:48 GMT
… legal conservatives, the Supreme Court today finished off one … long break.
“Only Supreme Court justices and schoolchildren,” he … are another matter. Excluding death penalty cases, the median … tied for second with Justice Anthony Kennedy, who retired in 2018 …
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A new Oklahoma death penalty law challenges the U.S. Supreme Court
02 Jun 2025 12:57 GMT
… to seek the death penalty against someone convicted … Rep. and former prosecutor Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, … .
Prosecutors seeking the death penalty in these cases, however … Supreme Court. In 2008, the court ruled in Kennedy v. Louisiana that the death penalty …
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Death penalty for Beech Grove cop killer Ritchie? Science says no. Xavier McElrath-Bey
14 May 2025 23:00 GMT
… v. Simmons two decades ago, Justice Anthony Kennedy noted, “The differences between juvenile … youthful person to receive the death penalty despite insufficient culpability.” He continued … . This year, the Michigan Supreme Court extended its ruling in People …
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Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter, Who Vexed Conservatives, Dies At 85
09 May 2025 20:36 GMT
… and restriction of the death penalty.”
Although he was nominated … was extended by the Supreme Court in the cases Eisenstadt … 2015), in which the Supreme Court affirmed the right of same … on the Supreme Court, Souter joined Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Sandra …
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David Souter, Supreme Court justice dies at 85
09 May 2025 14:42 GMT
… state, and restriction of the death penalty. He saw his role … by Republican presidents - Anthony M. Kennedy and Sandra Day O … later and then the state Supreme Court in 1983.
The call … Biskupic, who then covered the Supreme Court for The Washington Post, wrote …
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David Souter, Supreme Court justice who disappointed conservatives, dies at 85
09 May 2025 13:40 GMT
… to serve on the Supreme Court, Souter gravely disappointed conservatives … issues like abortion, the death penalty and LGBTQ rights.
He … v. Wade ruling.
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and … O'Connor and Justice Anthony Kennedy — in crafting a decision …
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Idaho expands death penalty to child predators
03 Apr 2025 01:28 GMT
… and unusual punishment, as former Justice Anthony Kennedy stated, according to The New … the death penalty, ultimately leading Kennedy to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, where …