Justice Thomas has participated in 80 criminal sentencing cases since joining the Court, siding with defendants 22 times and against them in 58 cases.  From 2001 to 2004, he voted for defendants in five of 21 cases.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted for defendants in six of 21 cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted for defendants in seven cases out of 25.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted for defendants in four of 13 cases.

Justice Thomas has voted to affirm in eight of 38 criminal sentencing cases won by the defendants below since joining the Court.  From 2001 to 2004, he voted to reverse all 11 such decisions.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted to affirm three defendants’ wins and voted to reverse in eight cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted to affirm three times and to reverse seven times.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted to affirm in two cases and to reverse in four.

Justice Thomas has participated in 36 criminal sentencing cases lost by the defendants below.  He has voted to reverse in 14 of those 36 cases and to affirm 22 times.  From 2001 to 2004, he voted to reverse five times in nine cases.  From 2005 to 2009, he voted to reverse three times in ten cases.  From 2010 to 2014, he voted to reverse four times in twelve cases.  From 2015 to 2019, he voted to reverse in two of five cases.

Join us back here next Tuesday as we continue our review of the Justices’ voting records in criminal sentencing cases.

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