contemporary-standards-of-decency
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| Case | Title | Lower Court | Docketed | Status | Flags | Tags | Question Presented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20-7851 | Luis Noel Cruz, aka Noel v. United States | Second Circuit | 2021-04-26 | Denied | Response WaivedIFP | 8th-amendment contemporary-standards-of-decency criminal-procedure due-process individualized-sentencing juvenile-sentencing legislative-trends life-sentence mandatory-minimum miller-rule sentencing-discretion | Should the protections of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S. Ct. 2455, 183 L. Ed. 2d 407 (2012), which prohibits mandatory life sentences and req… |
| 18-7503 | Abdur Rahim Ambrose v. Mississippi | Mississippi | 2019-01-18 | Denied | Amici (1)IFP | contemporary-standards-of-decency cruel-and-unusual death-penalty eighth-amendment geographic-arbitrariness racial-arbitrariness | I. Does the death penalty in and of itself violate the Eighth Amendment in light of contemporary standards of decency and the geographic and racial ar… |