Recalling some big sentencing opinions of the late great Justice John Paul Stevens

John Paul Stevens, as reported here, passed away at age 99 today. Justice Stevens was appointed in 1975 by President Gerald Ford and was the third-longest-serving Justice in US history. His lengthy tenure and jurispridence cannot be easily summarized, but his extraordinarily consequential sentencing work, particularly in the Apprendi and Booker lines of cases, are defining elements of the modern history of sentencing jurisprudence. And in this post, I am eager to take a few moments to note and link a few highlights in the corpus of significant sentencing opinions authored by Justice Stevens during his 35 years on the high court:

Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976),

Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815 (1988)

United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148 (1997)

Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000)

Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002)

United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005)

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