News of note in SCOTUS capital cases

SCOTUSblog has these two new posts reporting on developments in capital cases before the Supreme Court:

• Plea for delay of Georgia execution

• Note to readers: Kennedy v. Louisiana

The second post spotlights that we will have two more briefs to read this afternoon in the Kennedy child rape rehearing case.  As regular readers know from some of prior posts linked below, I was not too impressed by the Court’s work in Kennedy.  I am very much looking forward to seeing how it will be defended.

Some related posts on the Kennedy decision and a possible Kennedy rehearing:

• Could all the mistakes in Kennedy be corrected?
• Louisiana seeks rehearing in Kennedy child rape case (with some notable lawyers helping out)
• Will the Supreme Court Rehear Kennedy v. Louisiana?
• Washington Post editorial supports rehearing in Kennedy child rape case
• The international dogs that did not bark in Kennedy
• Ineffective assistance (by prosecutors) in Kennedy child rape case?
• Some first-cut reactions to Justice Kennedy’s work in Kennedy
• Culture of life trumps democracy and state experimentation in Kennedy
• Will (and can) “outraged” politicians really do anything about Kennedy?
• Counting to five in the Kennedy rehearing debate
• Add Prof. Tribe to those urging rehearing in Kennedy