Saturday, October 31, 2020
Next week's criminal law/procedure arguments
Issue summaries are from ScotusBlog, which also links to papers:
Tuesday
- Borden v. U.S.: Whether the “use of force” clause in the Armed Career Criminal Act encompasses crimes with a mens rea of mere recklessness.
- Jones v. Mississippi: Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible before imposing a sentence of life without parole.
https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2020/10/next-weeks-criminal-lawprocedure-arguments-1.html