Justices Address Teen Executions
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The Supreme Court struggled today over whether the time has come to end the death penalty for young murderers. Two years ago, the court in a 6-3 decision struck down capital
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Excerpts from Monday's arguments before the Supreme Court on a challenge to the three-drug system of lethal injection used on death row inmates in Kentucky and other states:
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The Supreme Court said on Tuesday it would decide whether the commonly used lethal injection method of execution for death row inmates violated the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Justices' representing opposing factions on the court argued issues in front of student and national TV.
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The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to take a hard look at the method of lethal injection most states use to put inmates to death in a case that could further slow the pace of executions.
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One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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The Supreme Court is considering whether the United States is out of step with the rest of the world, and with national and global standards of decency, by allowing teenage killers to be put to death.
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The US Supreme Court is to hear arguments on the legality of the death penalty for those who were 16 and 17 at the time of their crimes, although such punishment is increasingly rare in the 19 states that still allow it.
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A narrow majority of Supreme Court justices appeared to signal yesterday that they intend to strike down the death penalty for teenage murderers
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A Supreme Court decision makes it easier to remove potential jurors who express ambivalence about the death penalty.
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The Supreme Court declined once again yesterday to decide whether a lengthy delay in carrying out a death sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, this time in the case of an Arizona man who murdered two teenage girls.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- One of the biggest capital punishment cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in a generation was put together largely by a young, fresh-out-of-law-school member of Kentucky's overworked and underpaid corps of public defenders.
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The courtroom was packed with supporters and cameras Friday as Georgia's top justices heard arguments over whether a young man serving a 10-year prison term for consensual oral sex with a fellow teenager should be freed.
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The Supreme Court relies on precedents and case law, dry recitations of fact and the sometimes bloodless decisions of the courts below it. But in a case involving a now-paralyzed teenager who instigated a  high-speed police chase, most of the justices, as a sportscaster might say, went to the videotape....
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a death penalty case being watched around the world, to decide whether the lethal injections used to execute criminals cause unacceptable pain.
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The court appeared deeply divided over whether the death penalty for acts committed while a juvenile should be seen as "cruel and unusual punishment."
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The U.S. Supreme Court begins a new  term on Monday that will decide important cases on federal  sentencing rules, the death penalty for juveniles and the  medical use of marijuana.