Cruel and Unusual
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Fourth Circuit Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Claim of Intellectual Disability; Affirms Sentence
By Daniel Stratton On June 30, 2015, the Fourth Circuit issued a published opinion in the criminal case Prieto v.… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Holds That Punishment Can Be Cruel Without Being Unusual
By Carson Smith Today, in the unpublished opinion United States v. Zachery, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s 300-month sentence… Read More