Legal Opinion
Morales v. Tilton
District Court, N.D. California
Decided December 15, 2006No. C 06 219 JF RS, C 06 926 JF RSPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF INTENDED DECISION; REQUEST FOR RESPONSE FROM DEFENDANTS
FOGEL, District Judge.
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New issues in American society have generated as much impassioned debate as the death penalty. At one end of the spectrum, abolitionists condemn the intentional taking of human life by the State as barbaric and profoundly immoral. At the other, proponents see death, even a painful death, as the only just punishment for crimes that inflict unimaginable suffering on victims and their surviving loved ones. Even among those with less absolute positions, there are vigorous arguments about the social,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Michael Angelo Morales v. Jeanne S. Woodford, as Warden of San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
- Beardslee v. WoodfordCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2005
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Philip Workman v. Governor Phil BredesenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007
- Lightbourne v. McCollumSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
- Brown v. OrnoskiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- McNabb v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007
- Sharifi v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2008
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