445 F. Supp. 2d 685 - Parker v. Cain’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “To the extent that petitioner is contending that the possible penalty for first degree murder is no harsher than the penalty for second degree murder, he is flatly wrong. The sole penalty available for second degree murder is life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 14:30.1(B). Although first degree murder is similarly punishable by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, it is also punishable by death. La.Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:30(C).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Reed

2. “equal protection argument simply makes no sense. The fact that the same penalty is a possibility under two different statutes in no way violates the Equal Protection Clause. [Defendant] cites no authority which holds otherwise, and this Court is aware of none.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. DSJ