The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments this week in a death penalty case in … v. Virginia. In that case, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority that … histories of defendants facing the death penalty, often featuring testimony from school …

… shouldn’t receive the death penalty. Alabama told the Supreme Court that this was … . In the Atkins majority opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens said that society viewed mentally … ’s unclear how the Supreme Court will rule but Justice Clarence Thomas dissented …

… so much attention from the Supreme Court. On close examination, however, … the death penalty as consistent with prevailing “standards of decency.” In 2008, Justice John Paul Stevens … to seek the overruling of Supreme Court precedents that limit the authority …

… of death penalty cases, where someone would die if the justices didn … labels for Supreme Court justices, explained Justices are not appointed to the Supreme Court as … recently as 2010, Justice John Paul Stevens was a liberal justice appointed by a Republican …

… The annual caseload of a Supreme Court justice is remarkably – laughably? … produced for the Supreme Court justices. The justices’ jobs are made … with the exception of death penalty cases – it was … to even try. As Justice John Paul Stevens (my former boss) …

… . Supreme Court weighs IQ tests and other school records in key death penalty case … The Supreme Court heard arguments in December in a death penalty case … v. Virginia. In that case, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote for the majority that …

… and attorneys looking to overturn death penalty convictions because it prohibits … since at least 2000, when Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in a dissenting opinion … to federal agencies was unconstitutional, Supreme Court judges argued, because federal courts …

… to his supporters and death penalty opponents who unsuccessfully lobbied … 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Davis’ request to … to prove his innocence. Justice John Paul Stevens ordered a federal judge … , the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Davis …

… ignominious story. The American death penalty is rooted in irreconcilable philosophical … own has been victimized. Supreme Court justices have repeatedly explained that retribution … of a peaceful death. Justice John Paul Stevens, who after decades of …

… death penalty in Furman, concluding that the Justices rejecting the death penalty had been “correct.”  John Paul Stevens …   When Gerald Ford nominated Stevens to the Supreme Court …