As per the Supreme Court’s rulings in Kennedy v. Louisiana and Comstock v. United States had the client in Case 3 committed a child rape, but no murder, he would:

Question

In the summer after your first year at law school, you begin an internship at a Texas law firm called “Execution Stoppers.” As you discerned from their name, they specialize in keeping accused criminals off death row. On your first day at the firm, they ask you to write a memo summarizing their three easiest cases of the month. Case 1 involves a 17 year-old boy who is accused of felony murder, a capital offense in that state. Case 2 involves an accused murdered whose IQ score is 62. Case 3 involves an individual who raped and murdered a child. Answer the following questions about the report you will craft to summarize these cases.

a. still be eligible for the death penalty
b. would only be eligible for the death penalty if under the age of 18
c. would not be eligible for the death penalty, but could be a candidate for lengthy civil confinement even after his sentence is completed
d. would be eligible for the death penalty only if a judge found probable cause for its implementation

Answer 1

Answer: C