standards-of-decency
2 cases — ← All topics
| 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? |