Supreme Court Case: Atkins V. Virginia

In the case of Atkins v. Virginia, Daryl Renard Atkins is accused of the kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Eric Michael Nesbitt. Atkins was also charged with use of a firearm while committing each of these offenses ("FindLaw's United States Supreme Court case and opinions.”, 2017). Atkins was convicted of capital murder and related crimes, by a Virginia jury and sentenced to death, but his case was appealed to the Virginia Supreme Courts, on the grounds that it is unlawful to put to death a person who has intellectual disabilities (Mental Retardation). Virginia Supreme Courts upheld the decision of the Virginia courts

In a quick observation, it may be easy to observe that the Constitution of Virginia is much larger in length and detail than the United States Constitution. There are many differences between these two constitutions besides the authors or contributors being that James Madison contributed to both, however, he was not the complete author of the Constitution of Virginia (Constitutions of Virginia). Both Constitutions have the same idea in which it holds three separate branches of government, however, differences include the detail and content brought amongst the articles. Differences include, but are not limited to, division of the three branches, extra articles and policies, and the amendments. They

In Missouri during 1993, Christopher Simmons, a 17-year old, committed capital murder after he instigated two other juveniles (Benjamin and Tessmer) to conspire to kidnap and murder an innocent woman named Shirley Crook. It was never completely determined why exactly Simmons wished to murder Crook, however, he did later admit that Crook was involved in a previous car accident with Simmons. At approximately 2 a.m. on the night of the murder, Simmons and his two friends met up to break into the home of Crook, but Tessmer left before Simmons and Benjamin decided to go through with the heinous crime. Simmons and Benjamin broke into the home of Crook, entered her room, covered her eyes and mouth using duct tape, and bound her hands together. The

The Commonwealth of Virginia v. Allen (609 S.E.2d 4, Va. 2005) was a fascinating case. The case focused on two expert witness testifying for the state and the other for the defendant, and if they acted and behaved ethically during the proceedings. Successive information will be addressed to prove the thought process behind my opinion given in this case. The APA code of ethics and specialty guidelines will be used to support my reasoning. Furthermore, they will serve as a baseline of boundaries within the profession to determine the expert witness’ influences to the case as well as their behavior within the profession.

In other words, Billy White would have been classified as mentally retarded or intellectually disabled. In 2002 Atkins v. Virginia ruled that executing mentally retarded individuals violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Unfortunately, during the time White was executed there was nothing in place to protect the intellectually disabled.

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June 20, 2002 - The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Atkins v. Virginia that executing the mentally retarded is unconstitutional.

Anthony Graves was living on death row for almost two decades while being in solitary confinement. While he was proven un-guilty of murder he still has the punishment of eighteen years of living while being mentally and physically dead. After Mr. Graves was let out of prison, he still has to rethink about almost being killed because of a prosecutor that didn’t want to lose her case. How unprofessional could that be, letting someone rot in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, while the prosecutor knew of doubts, but went along like he didn’t hear it. The cost of one’s life is more than all of the money in the world, because once someone is lethally injected, no one can bring them back. Now I am starting to wonder about the death penalty and questioning myself is it fit for the worst of crimes for is it not fit at all. Kerry Max Cook was a former death row inmate that had conversations with Robert Earl Carter, "Anthony, I really believe, is innocent. I'm stunned that an innocent person is this close to execution (Rice,2005), was stated by former death row inmate Cook, that was let off for being proven

In 1992, Anthony Graves was convicted for assisting in multiple murders, only because Robert Carter, the murderer, testified that he helped him (Rogers). Two weeks before Carter was set to be executed, Carter "provided a sworn statement" that he lied about Graves being his accomplice (Rogers). The growing suspicion over the years led to a new trial, and the charges against Graves were finally dismissed in 2010 (Rogers). This illustrates how flawed the criminal justice system is because even though no evidence led to prove that an innocent man committed a crime, the state relied so much on a person's testimony without questioning it or being at least somehow skeptical about it. In 2013, Texas ranked first in the list of the most wrongful conviction exoneration in the nation (King). Although not all criminals subjected to death penalty are all wrongful convictions, the fact that Texas tops this list raises

On January, 23 1906 a white woman named Nevada Taylor was dropped off the bus station in Chattanooga, Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. only two and half blocks from her home. Little did she know she was being followed? A man grabbed her by the neck and drug her ten feet before throwing her over a fence. She screamed and struggled as he put a leather strap around her neck and threatened to cut her throat. Taylor accounts waking up about ten minutes later in torn and dirty clothes covered in bruises. Her doctor later confirmed she had been raped. She claimed to have never of saw the face of the attacker but he had a soft voice of a black man. During this time of prejudice, segregation and hatred towards Negros was just a way of life for the

The supreme court in Atkins observed that the execution of mentally retarded criminals in the states that permitted it was not common & these acts were unfair.

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Atkins v. City of Los Angeles, No. B25780 is a recent California court case that regards light duty accomodations for employers.

Among the three cases, I believe the Tracy Latimer case had the better outcome from a moral point of view. The Tracy Latimer case was a crime of murder. Regardless of Robert Latimer’s motivation of murder to relive his daughter of pain, the commitment of murder remains immoral and inhumane. The act of murder itself is immoral but when looking at the outcome of this case, Robert was punished for his actions. Tracy Latimer’s health problems should not stand as defense for the crime he committed, and it should not have effect on Robert’s prosecution. Murder is murder, and it is unjust for the judge and jury to ignore the mandatory sentencing of second degree murder. Therefore, the correct moral outcome was followed, the Supreme Court Justice of

Hollingsworth v. Virginia was the court case that initiated in 1792 in which it ruled the president possesses no formal role in the ratification of constitutional amendments. This case went on for 6 years and began as a suit against the state of Virginia by the Indiana Land Company. The 11th amendment deals with each state's sovereign immunity and was adopted in order to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Chisholm v. Georgia. In other words it prohibits federal courts from hearing cases lodged against a state by a citizen or by another state. The Eleventh Amendment was passed to overturn the Supreme Court ruling in the 1793 case of Chisholm v. Georgia. Alexander Chisholm of South Carolina filed suit against the State of Georgia for breach of contract, seeking payment for goods supplied to Georgia during the War of Independence.