death penalty

Case	Docket Number	Date Argued	Date Decided	Appealed From	Outcome	Vote	Authoring Justice	Topics
Baze v. Rees	07-5439	01/07/2008	04/16/2008	Supreme Court of Kentucky		7-2	John G. Roberts, Jr.	lethal injection Eighth Amendment death penalty cruel and unusual punishment
Kennedy v. Louisiana	07-343	04/16/2008	06/25/2008	Louisiana Supreme Court		5-4	Anthony M. Kennedy	Sentencing Eighth Amendment death penalty child rape
Maryland v. Blake, Leeander (11/14/2005)	04-373	11/01/2005	11/14/2005	Maryland Court of Appeals (May 12, 2004)	Reversed and Remanded	9-0		Miranda suppression Interrogation death penalty

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