Supreme Court Case Studies
When sentencing, many states categorize offenders into classes such as age and mentalstate. Non-execution option is given to non-homicide, juvenile offenses, or all juvenile cases, butage factor is shunned some states. The population of mentally ill offenders in jail has increasedfrom 30000 in 1955 to 250000 in 1999, in contrast to population at mental illness facilities thathave dropped from 570000 to 80000 in the same […]