Peter
Junior Chimp
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« on: May 29, 2007, 08:34:49 AM » |
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This will be interestsing once it reaches the Court
There is no way the Court doesn't take this case - it has been obsessed with death penalty cases in recent years - it will take the chance to explore another alcove of it.
I would have to agree with Mr Spade that the case will hinge on Justice Kennedy. Chief Justice Roberts has shown little sympathy to the liberal bloc on this issue, and I do not see Justice Alito, a former prosecutor, parting ways with the conservative bloc.
Justice Kennedy was in the majority of Roper, Atkins and House - all of these ended up favouring the liberal bloc - all recent decisions in capital punishment case law. However, do not bet against Justice Kennedy conscience deciding that the horrific nature of a crime against a child can override his previous drift to the left. He is a sentimentalist after all.
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