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| no cruel or unusual punishment, nor excessive bail. |
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| Established prisoners rights as equal to slave rights. |
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| Established due process of law. |
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"Eyes-open unconsciousness.
> 1 month = persistent
> 12 months = permanent. |
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1990-2005
-permanent vegetative state.
-husband ultimately decided to remove gastronomy tube. |
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| 3 Models for sending someone to death row |
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-weigh mitigating and aggravating circumstances
-weight aggravting circumstance only
-3 question model |
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| 3 Question Model questions |
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-Did they do it on purpose?
-Was it an unreasonable response?
-Will the person be a continuing threat to society?
-Yes, yes, yes = death penalty. |
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| Ends slavery (except for those who commits crimes) |
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| Judges who decided capital punishment was cruel and unusual punishment per se |
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| Judges who decided capital punishment was cruel and unusual as practiced |
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| Douglas, Stewart, and White |
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| Judges who dissented their opinion |
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| Burger, Blackman, Powell, Rehnquist |
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| What is this person likely to do in the future? |
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| What impact does CP have on others? |
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| Equal pay back i.e. eye for an eye |
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| Unequal payback. Is open-ended. |
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| Furman V. Georgia decision |
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| 5-4 that capital punishment is cruel and unusual as practiced. |
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| First "right-to-die" case to reach the Supreme Court |
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-Nancy Cruzan
-Fundamental right to refuse treatment, but states could regulate it.
-1983-1990 |
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| First "right-to-die" case |
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-Karen Ann Quinlan
-1975-1985
-permanent vegetative state |
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| Irreversible loss of brain function. Kept alive with mechanical ventilators and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |
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| Consciousness is preserved but patient is paralyzed except for eye-movement and blinking. |
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| commander of peacekeeping UN force |
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