For the past two weeks, we’ve been taking an intensive look at the Court’s history with insurance law cases on the civil side and habeas corpus cases on the criminal side. This week and next, we’re looking at two new issues – domestic relations cases from the civil docket, and cases involving juvenile justice issues
Yesterday, we looked at how insurers have fared before the Court since 1990. Today, we’re taking a deeper look at the Court’s habeas cases.
For the entire period, 81.48% of the Court’s habeas corpus cases were won by the prosecution below. The Court reversed 30.68% of the decisions won by the prosecution below, but 55%
Last week, we reviewed the number of cases the Court has heard, year by year, in insurance and habeas corpus law. This week, we’re taking a deeper look at the Court’s cases in these two important areas of law.
For the entire period, only 39.14% of the Court’s insurance law cases were won by the
Last time, we looked at the Court’s insurance law caseload. Today, we’re reviewing the Court’s habeas corpus decisions.
Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided 224 habeas corpus cases. The Court decided four habeas cases in 1990, eight in 1991, eleven in 1992, five in 1993, seven in 1994, seventeen in 1995 and nine in
For the past two weeks, we’ve been looking at the Court’s government/administrative law and criminal sentencing cases. This week and next, we’re going to look at the Court’s insurance law cases on the civil side, and its habeas corpus cases on the criminal law side.
Between 1990 and 2017, the Court decided eighty-six insurance law
Yesterday, we took a close look at the Court’s history with civil cases involving governmental parties and administrative law. Today, we’re on the criminal law side of the docket, reviewing the Court’s experience with cases involving criminal sentencing.
Since 1990, the Court has taken a virtually equal number of sentencing cases won by each side
Last week, we reviewed the Court’s history since 1990 with civil cases involving governmental parties and administrative law, and criminal cases involving the law of sentencing. This week, we’re digging deeper, looking at three questions: (1) does the Court tend to take more cases in each area won by one side or the other below;
Yesterday, we reviewed the Court’s record with civil cases involving government entities and administrative law. Today, we’re looking at the criminal side of the docket – specifically, cases involving sentencing law.
The Court decided five sentencing law cases in 1990, one in 1991, eleven in 1992, one in 1993, three in 1994, six in 1995
For the past two weeks, we’ve been studying the Court’s death penalty cases. This week, we’re turning our attention to a new topic – (1) government and administrative law; and (2) sentencing law in the criminal docket. First up is civil cases involving government parties and administrative law issues. Since 1990, the Supreme Court has
Yesterday, we compared the Illinois and California Supreme Court’s death penalty caseloads between 1992, the beginning of our California data, through 2010, when Illinois abolished the death penalty. We found that in the years prior to Governor George Ryan’s 2010 moratorium on executions, Illinois both averaged more death penalty cases per year and was more