Kyle Barry
@kylecbarry.bsky.social
Director, State Law Research Initiative (SLRI) http://state-law-research.org; Formerly @theappeal.bsky.social, NAACP LDF, @afjustice.bsky.social. I write about state courts & dismantling mass incarceration. https://open.substack.com/pub/slri
2/ Prosecutors are asking the state supreme court to deny its motion to reinstate the death sentence as barred by Roper, and will then ask SCOTUS to overrule Roper. But so far they've lost on *jurisdictional* grounds, complicating things. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...
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November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
2/ Prosecutors are asking the state supreme court to deny its motion to reinstate the death sentence as barred by Roper, and will then ask SCOTUS to overrule Roper. But so far they've lost on *jurisdictional* grounds, complicating things. state-law-research.org/wp-content/u...