No. 23A890

Brian J. Dorsey v. David Vandergriff, Warden

Lower Court: Missouri
Docketed: 2024-04-07
Status: Denied
Type: A
Tags: capital-punishment certiorari-standard death-penalty eighth-amendment penological-goals rehabilitation
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a death-sentenced individual who has demonstrated full rehabilitation and for whom the penological goals of capital punishment would not be furthered

Docket Entries

2024-04-09
Application (23A890) referred to the Court.
2024-04-09
Application (23A890) for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Kavanaugh and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2024-04-07
Application (23A890) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Kavanaugh.

Attorneys

Brian J. Dorsey
Kirk James HendersonFederal Public Defender, Petitioner