Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Publisher
Cornell Law School
Language
en-US
Abstract
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States. However, the ambiguous meaning of that phrase has allowed for inconsistent treatment of Puerto Rico by the Supreme Court of the United States. This short article briefly tackles the manner in which the federal government most recently applied the federal death penalty to Puerto Rico despite the island's constitutional ban against capital punishment.
Recommended Citation
Emmanuel H. Arnaud,
Live and Let Die: Puerto Rico — The Unincorporated Jewel of the Caribbean
,
2
Cornell International Law Journal Online
145
(2014).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/faculty_scholarship/4066
