Defending Categorical Exemptions to the Death Penalty: Reflections on the ABA’s Resolutions Concerning the Execution of Juveniles and Persons with Mental Retardation

Authors

Carol Steiker
Jordan Steiker

Abstract

Steiker and Steiker discuss the ABA's resolutions regarding the execution of juveniles and persons with mental retardation. The strongest legal case for the ABA's position requires a more nuanced argument than the ABA has advanced.

Citation

Carol Steiker & Jordan Steiker, Defending Categorical Exemptions to the Death Penalty: Reflections on the ABA’s Resolutions Concerning the Execution of Juveniles and Persons with Mental Retardation, 61 Law and Contemporary Problems 89-104 (Fall 1998)
Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol61/iss4/5