No. 20-5874

Jerry Lard v. Arkansas

Lower Court: Arkansas
Docketed: 2020-10-01
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: categorical-prohibition death-penalty eighth-amendment execution intellectual-disability ripeness waiver
Key Terms:
Punishment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a death-sentenced inmate is permitted to waive a viable claim for an Eighth Amendment categorical probation against the execution of persons with intellectual disability

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether a death-sentenced inmate is permitted to waive a viable claim for an Eighth Amendment categorical probation against the execution of persons with intellectual disability. 2. Whether a claim of intellectual disability as a categorical prohibition to execution only ripens once an execution date is set.

Docket Entries

2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-17
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-02
Brief of respondent State of Arkansas in opposition filed. (Distributed)
2020-10-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including December 2, 2020.
2020-10-12
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 2, 2020 to December 2, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-09-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Jerry Lard
Lee Deken ShortShort Law Firm, Petitioner
Lee Deken ShortShort Law Firm, Petitioner
State of Arkansas
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent
Nicholas Jacob BronniSolicitor General of Arkansas, Respondent