State v. Leason’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Solem v. Helm · Atkins v. Virginia · Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons · Graham v. Florida · State v. Edwards
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he Eighth Amendment precludes the state from interposing the Governor’s ad hoc exercise of executive clemency as a gateway to accessing procedures the state has established for ameliorating long terms of imprisonment as part of the rehabilitative process to which inmates serving life terms for non-homicide crimes committed when they were under the age of 18 years would otherwise have access, once they reach the age of 45 years and have served 20 years of their sentences in actual custody. The state thus may not enforce the commutation provisos in La. R.S. 15:574.4(A)(2) and ' 15:574.4(B) against relators and all other similarly situated .persons, and the former provisions offer objective criteria set by the legislature that may bring Louisiana into compliance with the Graham [v. Florida ] decision. [Footnotes omitted.]”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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