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During the week ending August 29, 2025 we have received listings of 31 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  41 Constitutional Law summaries, 61 Criminal Law Summaries, 9 White Collar Law Summaries,  7 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law Summaries,  and 1 Medical Malpractice Summary.   We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  August 29, 2025:

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During the week ending August 22, 2025 we have received listings of 22 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  43 Constitutional Law summaries, 62 Criminal Law Summaries, 2 White Collar Law Summaries,  5 Intellectual Property Summaries, 3 Copyright Law Summaries, 1 Internet Law Summary, and 1 Medical Malpractice Summary.   We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  August 22, 2025:

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During the week ending August 15, 2025 we have received listings of 31 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  45 Constitutional Law summaries, 78 Criminal Law Summaries, 4 White Collar Law Summaries,  6 Intellectual Property Summaries, and 5 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

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Historical Background

The history of capital punishment in the United States reflects a cycle of reform, reinstatement, and continued controversy. In 1972, the Supreme Court’s decision in Furman v. Georgia temporarily halted executions nationwide, finding that death penalty statutes were applied in arbitrary and capricious ways. Just four years later, in Gregg v. Georgia  the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty. This decision upheld new death penalty statutes that aimed to address the arbitrariness concerns raised in Furman by providing revised sentencing guidelines and procedures for capital cases. These revised guidelines typically included a bifurcated trial process (separate guilt and sentencing phases) and required the identification of aggravating circumstances before a death sentence could be imposed. 

Since then, abolition efforts have proceeded along two main paths: statutory repeal by state legislatures and judicial decisions striking down death penalty schemes. A small number of jurisdictions, such as Michigan and Puerto Rico, have gone further by embedding abolition directly into their constitutions; a step that offers stronger, more lasting protection.

During the week ending August 8, 2025 we have received listings of 27 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  37 Constitutional Law summaries, 63 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  2 Intellectual Property Summaries, and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

Opinion Summaries Posted for Week Ending  August 8, 2025:

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During the week ending August 1, 2025 we have received listings of 26 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  36 Constitutional Law summaries, 70 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  4 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law  and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

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During the week ending July 25, 2025 we have received listings of 17 Government and Administrative Law Summaries,  30 Constitutional Law summaries, 75 Criminal Law Summaries, 6 White Collar Law Summaries,  5 Intellectual Property Summaries, 1 Copyright Law  and 2 Medical Malpractice Summaries,.     We plan is to continue posting opinion summaries, under corresponding areas of law, weekly whenever possible in order to keep blog readers updated.  To gain access to these case summaries, click on the corresponding links below:

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