With an eye toward adjourning for the summer later this week, the Supreme Court handed down 12 opinions over two days last week, including major decisions on capital punishment, religion, and police searches.
In a dramatic shift for an institution that has repeatedly endorsed capital punishment, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday, June 20, that executing the mentally retarded violates the Eight Amendment’s ban on excessive punishment.
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