No. 24-5420
Jerry E. Russell, Sr. v. Indiana
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: atkins-v-virginia criminal-punishment eighth-amendment intellectual-disability life-without-parole sentencing
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Punishment
SocialSecurity Punishment
Latest Conference:
2024-10-18
Question Presented (from Petition)
Should the Eighth Amendment prohibition, against sentencing intellectually disabled individuals to death, announced in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), be extended to prohibit sentences of LWOP for intellectually disabled individuals?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Should the Eighth Amendment prohibition, against sentencing intellectually disabled individuals to death, announced in Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002), be extended to prohibit sentences of LWOP for intellectually disabled individuals?
Docket Entries
2024-10-21
Petition DENIED.
2024-10-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2024.
2024-09-26
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2024-08-26
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 30, 2024)
Attorneys
Indiana
James Allen Barta — Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
Jerry E. Russell
Lisa Johnson Sr. — Law Office of Lisa Johnson, Petitioner