2018 – Madison v. Alabama
A case that asks whether the Eighth Amendment prohibits the execution of a prisoner who has no memory of the offense for which he has been condemned to death.
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Gould Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy
LISA S. BLATT
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As Counsel for Vernon Madison
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Accepted by Steven A. Reiss
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Former Gould Award Recipients
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