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Tison v. Arizona, 481 U.S. 137 (1987), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court qualified the rule it set forth in Enmund v. Florida (1982). Just as in Enmund, in Tison the Court applied the proportionality principle to conclude that the death penalty was an appropriate punishment for a felony murderer who was a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibited a ...
Randall Greenawalt (February 24, 1949 – January 23, 1997) [1] was an American serial killer and mass murderer.Originally sentenced to life imprisonment for two murders committed in 1974, Greenawalt later became notorious for escaping together with fellow murderer Gary Tison and his three sons from prison, embarking on a two-week killing spree through Arizona and Colorado that left six people ...
This is a list of all United States Supreme Court cases from volume 481 of the ... Granberry v. Greer: 481 U.S. 129: 1987: Tison v. Arizona: 481 U.S. 137: 1987: Cruz ...
Under Enmund v. Florida, [7] the death penalty may not be imposed on someone who did not kill, attempt to kill, or intend that a killing take place. However, under Tison v. Arizona, [8] the death penalty may be imposed on someone who was a major participant in the underlying felony and acted with reckless indifference to human life. In Kennedy v.
Tison v. Arizona, 481 U.S. 137 (1987) The death penalty is an appropriate punishment for a felony murderer who did not intend to cause the death, but was a major participant in the underlying felony and exhibited a reckless indifference to human life. McCleskey v.
A Florida man is accused of stabbing his estranged girlfriend up to 70 times during a fatal break-in - exactly one month after he was nabbed for assaulting the victim and ordered to stay away from ...
Action in courts and state capitals around the U.S. this week have made it clear again: The overturning of Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion did not settle the issue. One iteration ...
Ring v. Arizona: 536 U.S. 584 (2002) Sixth Amendment requires that aggravating factors necessary for eligibility for a death sentence must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt; overruling Walton v. Arizona in part Zelman v. Simmons-Harris: 536 U.S. 639 (2002) constitutionality of school voucher program Hope v. Pelzer: 536 U.S. 730 (2002)