Abstract
"In his dissent in Glossip v. Gross, Justice Breyer declared that “[t]he arbitrary imposition of punishment is the antithesis of the rule of law.” He went on to assert that, for a defendant, to be sentenced to death was akin to being struck by lightning. Such randomness and arbitrariness in capital sentencing results from the wide discretion granted to sentencing actors, and runs counter to the firmly held belief that every defendant in the criminal justice system deserves fair and just treatment." [..]
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Recommended Citation
MaryAnn Grover, Jury Sentencing in the United States: The Antithesis of the Rule of Law, 40 Mitchell Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice 23 (2019)
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