1. Unit 1: Constitutional Interpretation and the Bill of Rights

2.  Post-conviction rights  Excessive Bail – Innocence theory  Exceptions – public safety or flight risk  Excessive Fines – judicial review  Cruel and Unusual Punishment –  Overcrowding – Brown v. Plata (2011)

3.  Cruel and Unusual Punishment – The Death Penalty  Furman v. Georgia (1972) – unconstitutional racism in handing out death penalty  Gregg v. Georgia (1976) – may resume if sentencing is separate from trial  Ring v. Arizona (2002) – only by jury  Atkins v. Virginia (2002) – mentally retarded and Hall v. Florida (2014)  Roper v. Simmons (2005) – juveniles  Graham v. Florida (2010) –Juvenile LWOP for non-homicide  Miller v. Alabama (2012) – Juvenile LWP for homicide

4.  Reading  Glossip v. Gross (2015)