Arizona Supreme Court Rejects Eighth Amendment Claims by Juvenile Offenders Given De Facto Life Sentences for Multiple Offenses by Douglas Berman | Nov 11, 2020 | Children and the Law, SentencingOn Friday, [Oct. 9] the Supreme Court of Arizona handed down a unanimous rejection of claims by multiple juvenile offenders subject to de facto life sentences for multiple sentences in Arizona v. Soto-Fong.
Is the Death Penalty in the United States Really “Nearing Its End”? by Douglas Berman | Oct 25, 2016 | SentencingThe question in the title of this post is prompted by this notable new New York Times editorial headlined “The Death Penalty, Nearing Its End.”