Add to ORKGThis Article examines the correlation between the Court\u27s perception and its resolution of the constitutional issues, most dramatically exhibited in Atkins. Part II of this Article briefly examines the history of discrimination against persons with mental retardation. Part III of this Article traces the history of the Court\u27s decisions involving persons with mental retardation, giving special attention to the way in which the Justices\u27 opinions reveal their apparent understanding of mental retardation and the relationship between individuals who have the disability and the law.5 Finally, Part IV addresses the Atkins opinion itself, with emphasis on the Court\u27s understanding of mental retardation
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Atkins v. Virginia. In Atkins, the Cour...
Honorable Mention winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2011.This ...
This article examines the Court’s categorical exclusion of mentally retarded defendants from executi...
In its 2002 decision in Atkins v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Ame...
In Atkins vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared that evolving standards of decency and the Eighth...
In Atkins v. Virginia , the U.S. Supreme Court held that people with mental retardation may not be ...
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the Supreme Court found persons with mental retardation (MR), or intel...
The intersection of intellectual disability and the death penalty is now clearly established. Both u...
Under Atkins v. Virginia, the Eighth Amendment exempts from execution individuals who meet the clini...
In 2002, for the first time, in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), the United States Supreme C...
This article examines empirically the capital cases decided by the lower courts since the United Sta...
In Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court held that executing individuals with intellectual disabilit...
Our goal in this paper is to assist state courts and legislatures as they try to carry out the task ...
This article challenges the prevailing academic consensus regarding the Supreme Court\u27s interpret...
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Atkins v. Virginia. In Atkins, the Cour...
Honorable Mention winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2011.This ...
This article examines the Court’s categorical exclusion of mentally retarded defendants from executi...
In its 2002 decision in Atkins v. Virginia, the United States Supreme Court held that the Eighth Ame...
In Atkins vs. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared that evolving standards of decency and the Eighth...
In Atkins v. Virginia , the U.S. Supreme Court held that people with mental retardation may not be ...
In Atkins v. Virginia (2002), the Supreme Court found persons with mental retardation (MR), or intel...
The intersection of intellectual disability and the death penalty is now clearly established. Both u...
Under Atkins v. Virginia, the Eighth Amendment exempts from execution individuals who meet the clini...
In 2002, for the first time, in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), the United States Supreme C...
This article examines empirically the capital cases decided by the lower courts since the United Sta...
In Atkins v. Virginia, the Supreme Court held that executing individuals with intellectual disabilit...
Our goal in this paper is to assist state courts and legislatures as they try to carry out the task ...
This article challenges the prevailing academic consensus regarding the Supreme Court\u27s interpret...
In 2002, the United States Supreme Court decided the case of Atkins v. Virginia. In Atkins, the Cour...
Honorable Mention winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2011.This ...
This article examines the Court’s categorical exclusion of mentally retarded defendants from executi...