Kansas v. Carr, No. 14-449 (U.S. Supreme Court) (577 U.S. ___; 136 S.Ct. 633) (January 20, 2016) (Justice Scalia)
In this consolidated appeal, the Supreme Court addressed whether the Supreme Court of Kansas had erred when it vacated the death sentences of three different defendants in two separate cases. Lacking much of the high stakes drama and constitutional gravitas of recent capital punishment cases, this appeal focused on two ...
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