Capital punishment cases

Weems

proportionality: the punishment must be in proportion to the severity of the crime itself

Trop

scope is not static

Robinson

incorporation of the 8th amendment (cruel and unusual punishment)

Baze

adopted the baze test: if the alternative is readily available and significaly reduces substantial risk of pain

Glossip 

tried to use the Baze method but failed, they werent able to find a method 

McGautha 

bifurcated trial: guilt-sentencing 

Furman

Halted capital punishment in the US

Gregg

aggravating and mitigating factors

McCleskey

Baldus Study: black defendants were more likely to receive the death penalty if the victim was white 

Duncan

the jury tradition is an indispensable part of our criminal justice system 

Appendi

6th amendment

jury trial for serious cases 

Woodson

mandatory death sentence doesnt work

too rigid and harsh 

Jurek

aggravating and mitigating circumstances

considers particularities of a crime

Ring

6th amendment

the judge cant make his/her own decisions