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who committed an intentional, brutal, senseless, grotesque, reprehensible murder of a 13-year-old innocent stranger. First, we hold that sentencing a 14-year-old to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for committing intentional homicide is not categorically unconstitutional. We arrive at our holding by applying the two-step approach employed by the United States Supreme Court, most […]

The pre-sentence investigation (PSI) Ninham and the other four juveniles never checked on Vang’s condition and instead ran from the scene. Still, the Green Bay Police Department was able to focus its investigation on the five juveniles after some of them, in particular, Jeffrey P. and Amanda G., indicated to relatives and police that they

According to the Court, some crimes are worse than death. Do you agree? Is child rape one of them? The evidence of a national consensus with respect to the death penalty for child rapists, as with respect to juveniles, mentally retarded offenders, and vicarious felony murderers, shows divided opinion but, on balance, an opinion against

In deciding whether the death penalty for child rape is cruel and unusual, is it relevant that Louisiana is the only state that punishes child rape with death? The trial began in August 2003. L. H. was then 13 years old. She testified that she “woke up one morning and Patrick was on top of

Who should make the decision as to what is the appropriate penalty for crimes? Courts? Legislatures? Juries? Defend your answer. Eight days after the crime, and despite L. H.’s insistence that Kennedy was not the offender, Kennedy was arrested for the rape. The state’s investigation had drawn the accuracy of Kennedy and L. H.’s story

According to the Court, why is death a disproportionate penalty for child rape? Patrick Kennedy was convicted of the aggravated rape of his eight-year-old stepdaughter under a Louisiana statute that authorized capital punishment for the rape of a child under 12 years of age and was sentenced to death. On his appeal, the Supreme Court

 State the exact wording of the offense Douglas Metzger was convicted of. Douglas E. Metzger was convicted in the municipal court of the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, of violating § 9 .52.100 of the Lincoln Municipal Code. The District Court, Lancaster County, affirmed the District Court judgment. Metzger appealed to the Nebraska Supreme Court. The

A study of l ower courts in New Haven, CT revealed that a. jury trials were very popular b. there were not enough cases from which to ascertain any trends c. contrary to expectation, defendants were not arraigned en masse or given light sentences d. due to a large volume of cases and relative lack

The conclusion drawn from research on career-criminal prosecution programs like the San Diego Major Violator Unit was that a. getting tough does not work if leniency is not the source of the problem b. getting tough increased the deterrent effect, because career criminals were previously treated leniently c. liberating the courtroom workgroup from traditional expectations

Regarding fourth layer cases, we are reminded that a. the largest number of cases in American courts are serious acts of violence committed by chronic offenders against strangers b. the largest number of cases in American courts are misdemeanors c. a large number of cases in American courts are decided based on extralegal factors since