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- Dothard vs Rawlinson (77)
- permissible to ban women from working in certain sections of prisons deemed especially dangerous
- Grummet vs Rushen (84)
- womens right to empowerment in all male institutions recognized as taking precednce over inmates rights to privacy
- in re gault (67)
- juveniles accused of crime for which institutional commitment was possible have the right of 1. fair notice of charges, 2. representation by counsel, 3. face accusers; + cross examine, 4. priviledge against self incrimination
- in re winship (70)
- standard of proof used in criminal court(beyond reasonable doubt) was applicable to juveniles in delinquency hearings
- breed vs Jones (75)
- person adjudicated delinquent cant be later put at risk in criminal court for the same act
- roper vs simmons (05)
- unconstitutional to sentence anyone to death for a crime they committe while younger then 18
- furman vs georgia (72)
- death penalty as administered constituted cruel and unsual punishment
- gregg vs Georgia (76)
- court upheld new capital punishment status that had more careful decision making and more modern methods of execution
- McLesky vs Kemp (87)
- court rejected challenge to georgias death penalty law on grounds of racial discrimination
- atkins vs virginia
- execution of the mentally retarded is unconstitutional
- thompson vs oklahoma (88)
- cannot execute someone who was under 16 at time of offense
- stanford vs kentucky (89)
- can execute someone who was 16 or 17 respectively at time of crime