Legal Opinion
James P. Free, Jr. v. Howard A. Peters, III and Neil F. Hartigan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 29, 1995No. 95-1692PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner James P. Free, Jr. is scheduled to be executed by the State of Illinois on March 22, 1995. He filed a motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) in the district court and sought a stay of the execution pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision whether to grant a writ of certiorari in Lackey v. Texas, — U.S. -, 115 S.Ct. 1274, 131 L.Ed.2d 192 (1995) which raises the issue of
[w]hether the execution of a death sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment as understood by the Framers if, as a result of inordinate delay not attributable to his own conduct, the…
2Cited by16 opinions
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- Duncan Peder McKenzie Jr. v. Rick Day, Director, Department of Corrections and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Larry Wayne White v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Dept. Of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- State v. DavisOhio Supreme Court · 2014
- Ex Parte BushSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
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