Today’s blog entry concerns the Supreme Court case decided yesterday, Moore v. Texas, talking about how do you go about figuring out whether a person with an intellectual disability is eligible for the death penalty. Before proceeding further, a couple of notes. First, this is the third decision in a matter of a few
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Batson Challenges and Persons With Disabilities: Now You Will See More of Them
By William Goren on
In October 2012, I posted a blog entry discussing Batson challenges and persons with disabilities. Since that time I have attended many a networking event, CLE, or other law related event. At those events, if a person tells me they are a litigator, criminal or civil, I always ask them if they have ever…