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Supreme Court Review Conference: Important Decisions of the 2007-2008 Term
Sponsored by the Western New England College School of Law
Institute for Legislative and Govenmental Affairs
November 1, 2008
List of Principal Cases
1. Baze v. Rees, 128 S.Ct. 1520 (2008) (upholding Kentucky’s three-drug lethal injection protocol against 8th Amendment challenge).
2. Hill v. McDonough, 126 S.Ct. 2096 (2006) (concluding that challenge to method of lethal injection is cognizable in a civil rights suit).
3. Nelson v. Campbell, 541 U.S. 637 (2004) (concluding that § 1983 is the appropriate vehicle for challenges to method of execution).
4. Kennedy v. Louisiana, 128 S.Ct. 2641 (2008), modified upon denial of reh’g, 2008 WL 4414670 (deeming unconstitutional the imposition of the death penalty for child rape).
5. Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977) (barring imposition of death penalty for rape of adult woman).
6. Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) (barring capital punishment for juveniles).
7. Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002) (barring execution of the mentally retarded).