context: "A claim that punishment is excessive is judged ... by [the standards] that currently prevail."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 554 U.S. 407, 422-26
citation_a.parenthetical: taking into account state laws passed since commission of crime in evaluating proportionality of defendant's sentence
citation_a.sentence: Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 311, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002) (relying in part on state laws enacted after defendant’s sentencing in concluding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits imposing capital punishment on mentally retarded defendants); see also Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407, 422-26, 128 S.Ct. 2641, 171 L.Ed.2d 525 (2008) (taking into account state laws passed since commission of crime in evaluating proportionality of defendant’s sentence); United States v. One Parcel of Property Located at 5 Reynolds Lane, Waterford, Connecticut, 2013 WL 3853404, at *12-13 (D.Conn.
citation_b.signal: no signal
citation_b.identifier: 536 U.S. 304, 311
citation_b.parenthetical: relying in part on state laws enacted after defendant's sentencing in concluding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits imposing capital punishment on mentally retarded defendants
citation_b.sentence: Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 311, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002) (relying in part on state laws enacted after defendant’s sentencing in concluding that the Eighth Amendment prohibits imposing capital punishment on mentally retarded defendants); see also Kennedy v. Louisiana, 554 U.S. 407, 422-26, 128 S.Ct. 2641, 171 L.Ed.2d 525 (2008) (taking into account state laws passed since commission of crime in evaluating proportionality of defendant’s sentence); United States v. One Parcel of Property Located at 5 Reynolds Lane, Waterford, Connecticut, 2013 WL 3853404, at *12-13 (D.Conn.