Supreme Court takes up death penalty cases for next term
Source: CNN
(CNN) - The Supreme Court on Monday laid the groundwork for a significant debate on capital punishment next term, announcing it will take up two death penalty cases.
The first case granted by the court concerns Duane Buck, an African-American man on death row who was sentenced to death after his own lawyer introduced evidence that he was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black.
Under Texas law, a death sentence can be imposed only if prosecutors can find that the inmate poses a future danger to society. At issue was testimony from Dr. Walter Quijano, a clinical psychologist who was called as an expert witness by the defense.
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The second case, also out of Texas, that the court granted on Monday concerns Bobby Moore, who was convicted and sentenced to death row in 1980 and has been on death row since. He is making arguments on the topics of intellectual disability, prolonged confinement and solitary confinement.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/06/politics/supreme-court-death-penalty-cases-moore-buck/
By Ariane de Vogue and Tal Kopan, CNN
Updated 1454 GMT (2254 HKT) June 6, 2016
