Supreme Court to Review Four Death Penalty Cases
The Supreme Court will review four death penalty cases in its next session.
The juvenile death penalty issue is not one of the cases. All of the cases focus on how the death penalty is carried out rather than on the constitutionality of the death penalty itself.
The Court also agreed to revisit the issue of ineffective assistance of counsel claims which could impact many on death row.
The criminal cases accepted today are Woodford v. Garceau, 01-1862, and Massaro v. United States, 01-1559.
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