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Oklahoma Supreme Court Rejects Reparations for Tulsa Race Massacre
The decision is the latest — and perhaps final — blow to the massacre’s two remaining survivors in their decades-long quest for justice.
State v. Brasher
Ruled crime victims had standing to file direct appeal of restitution portion of defendant’s sentence under Ohio Constitution’s victims’ rights amendment
State v. Morris
Ruled juvenile defendant’s life sentence with parole eligibility constitutes cruel and unusual punishment when court failed to consider youth as a mitigating factor in sentencing
In re D.R.
Ruled statute violated procedural due process because it prevented juvenile court from exercising discretion to terminate juvenile sex offender registrant status into adulthood
State v. Rollinson
Dissent would have ruled trial court’s noncompliance with statutory requirements before allowing defendant to waive his right to trial by jury violated right to a jury trial
Colorado Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ‘Felony-Murder’ Rule
The court disagreed that life in prison for a murder committed by an accomplice is an unconstitutionally cruel sentence.
State v. Haynes
Ruled defendant had constitutional right to know upon request and without exception the nature and cause of the accusation
Cavanaugh v. Commonwealth
Ruled constitutional right of crime victims to be present at trial prevails over conflicting rule mandating separation of witnesses
Commonwealth ex rel. Cameron v. Johnson
Ruled statute providing tax credits for contributions to educational nonprofit organizations violated constitution's education clause
Woo v. El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Ruled statutory bar on prisoner’s suit to reclaim lawfully seized property did not violate procedural due process rights because post-sentence remedy is available in criminal case to recover property
