Highlights of the Supreme Court’s 2001-2002 Term
References for Atkins v. Virginia
(July 20, 2002)
Prior
Opinions
Supreme
Court of Virginia
Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments
Brief
for Petitioner (PDF)
Oral
Argument Transcript (PDF)
Amicus Briefs for Virginia
Criminal
Justice Legal Foundation (PDF)
Articles & Commentary
Supreme Court
Must Recognize in Atkins v. Virginia a Growing National Consensus against Executing
the Mentally Retarded, Amnesty Int'l (February 20, 2002)
Does
the Eighth Amendment Prohibition on Cruel and Unusual Punishment Forbid the
Execution of the Mentally Retarded?, Forensic-Evidence.com
Faith
in the Mentally Retarded, Medill News Service (December 2001)
High Court Considers
Constitutionality of Executing Mentally Retarded, ACLU (February 20, 2002)
US Supreme Court looks at the
issue of executions of the mentally retarded, The Abolishionist Action Committee
Supreme
Court considers executions of mentally retarded unconstitutional, Associated
Press (June 20, 2002)
Court weighs
executing retarded in Hampton case, Associated Press (February 20, 2002)
A Second Look at
Executing the Mentally Retarded: The Meaning Of "Cruel And Unusual Punishments,"
FindLaw's Legal Commentary (April 10, 2002)
Current
Cases: Daryl Renard Atkins York County, Virginia, American University
High
Court Reviews Death Sentence Issues, The Washington Post (April 23, 2002)
Statement
by The Justice Project on Atkins v. Virginia, The Justice Project (June
20, 2002)
Other References
Northwestern
University - Medill School of Journalism: On the Docket
Low-IQ
inmates seek life sentences, Associated Press (April 29, 2002)
Since
1976 and as of September 8, 2001, the U.S. has executed 35 people with mental
retardation, Amnesty Int'l
Execution
Is Unconstitutional for Mentally Retarded, Champion Magazine (March 2002)
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