FP E3 Court cases and dates

Ring v. Arizona (2002)

In cases involving capital punishment, jurors, rather than judges, decide the sentence

Roper v. Simmons (2005)

Capital punishment can only be given to those 18 or older

Atkins v. Virginia (2002)

Intellectually disabled persons cannot be put to death

Mistretta v. US (1989)

The court removed rehabilitation from serious consideration during sentencing

1989, Miami-Dade, Florida

First drug court launched

Miller v. Alabama (2012)

Juveniles cannot be sentenced to life w/out parole UNLESS deemed irreparably corrupt

Montgomery v. Louisiana (2016)

The Miller ruling applies retroactively

Parens Patriae (1899), Cook County, Illinois

The legal philosophy justifying state intervention in the lives of children when parents are unable or unwilling to protect them

-SERVED AS BASIS FOR JUVENILE COURT

By 1925, every state in US had established….

A juvenile court

In re Gault (1967)

The US Supreme Court gave juveniles a number of due rights (children had none previously)

Tarasoff v. Regents of the University of California (1976)

Led to Duty to Warn: a therapist must warn a “target” if there is any credible threat of violence towards them

Eddings v. Oklahoma (1982)

The court must consider any potentially mitigated factors when considering capital punishment