standards-of-decency

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5829 Samuel Lee Smithers v. Florida Florida 2025-10-08 Denied IFP constitutional-rights cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty eighth-amendment elderly-defendant standards-of-decency 1. Does the execution of the elderly violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment…
21-8177 Marlin Larice Joseph v. Florida Florida 2022-06-17 Denied IFP constitutional-safeguards cruel-and-unusual-punishment death-penalty due-process eighth-amendment fourth-amendment geographic-arbitrariness sixth-amendment standards-of-decency Does the death penalty violate the Eighth Amendment?