Fédéralisme et Droits de l’homme aux Etats-Unis

This article studies the Supreme Court’s most recent death penalty jurisprudence, in particular Atkins and Ropers’ in which it ruled mentally retarded and juvenile defendants could no longer be executed. They were seen as victories by the supporters of human rights. This article also focuses on the...

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Main Author:	Elisabeth Boulot
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2008-06-01
Series:	Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
Subjects:	death penalty juveniles lethal injections mentally retarded U.S. Supreme Court
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/33933

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title	Fédéralisme et Droits de l’homme aux Etats-Unis
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description	This article studies the Supreme Court’s most recent death penalty jurisprudence, in particular Atkins and Ropers’ in which it ruled mentally retarded and juvenile defendants could no longer be executed. They were seen as victories by the supporters of human rights. This article also focuses on the impact of federalism in the decision of the United States to keep the death penalty.
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Fédéralisme et Droits de l’homme aux Etats-Unis

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