| 23-6046 |
Antonio Lebaron Melton v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-11-17 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-of-culpability age-of-offender criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment roper-v-simmons scientific-evidence |
Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit the death penalty for individuals whose crimes occurred at age 18 years and 25 days? |
| 22-7424 |
Darryl Bryan Barwick v. Florida |
Florida |
2023-05-01 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-of-culpability cognitive-deficits cognitive-impairment cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment mental-age neuropsychological-disorder state-constitutional-law |
Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of individuals with severe neuropsychological disorders, lifelong cognitive deficits, and low men… |
| 19-8927 |
Alfred Brian Mitchell v. Tommy Sharp, Warden |
Tenth Circuit |
2020-07-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
age-of-culpability cognitive-science constitutional-vagueness criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment sentencing-aggravator standing statutory-interpretation |
Whether Oklahoma's application of the 'heinous, atrocious, or cruel' death-penalty aggravator is unconstitutionally vague |
| 19-7594 |
Felix Lopez-Cabrera v. United States |
Second Circuit |
2020-02-07 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
8th-amendment age-of-culpability age-of-majority criminal-procedure cruel-and-unusual cruel-and-unusual-punishment eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing life-sentence life-sentences national-consensus neuroscience |
Whether Supreme Court jurisprudence finding mandatory life sentences for juveniles cruel and unusual under the Eight Amendment, and non-mandatory life… |
| 18-8041 |
Mark Johnson v. United States |
District of Columbia |
2019-02-21 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
adolescent-culpability age-as-factor age-of-culpability brain-development criminal-procedure de-facto-life-sentence due-process eighth-amendment juvenile-sentencing miller-v-alabama montgomery-v-louisiana roper-v-simmons |
Whether the Court's rulings regarding when age is a factor in determining culpability apply to those under the age of 25, or is the age lower, but not… |