The Supreme Court’s Conservative Majority Looks Very Friendly To Capital Punishment
Kevin Daley The Supreme Court seems poised for a forceful shift on the death penalty, after a recent 5-4 decision unexpectedly signaled an important change to the justices’ approach to capital punishment and the Eighth Amendment. Though it is too premature to make definitive statements about the Court’s direction, the April 1 decision in Bucklew v. Precythe…