All things that can provide its possessor with the exorbitance of immunity from surveillance, vigilance and
reprehensibility at the hands of law can be attributed for the Ring.
In these situations, a larger punitive damages award may be constitutionally sustainable, particularly as the degree of
reprehensibility increases."
The Justices have instructed courts to review whether an award of punitive damages exceeds the Due Process Clause's bounds by considering the
reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct, the ratio between punitive and compensatory damages, and any civil penalties that punish similar behavior.
It is reasonable to read those comments as alluding to Warren's moral
reprehensibility and deservedness of the death penalty.<br />Mindful that review in this context is highly deferential, the state court's holding that Warren's prosecutor did not implicate Simmons falls well within the bounds of reasonableness.<br />Affirmed.<br />Warren v.
mitigating factor when assessing the
reprehensibility of the conduct and
The First is the degree of
reprehensibility of the defendant's
Essentially, because of the United States' veto on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), Israel acts with moral
reprehensibility in repressing generations of Palestinians, imprisoning them, stealing their land, despoiling their historic and religious sites and destroying any legality that interferes with their forces and their administration of an unjust occupation.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reduced a $2.5 million punitive damages award against GEICO Indemnity Company to $1,064,282.44 after finding, among other things, that its conduct had been only of "low to moderate
reprehensibility."
'When the State kills, it kills with no less
reprehensibility as when a criminal kills, for the same violence is involved, and the result is the same: the curtailment of human life and the violation of its inalienable value and worth,' he said.
One facet is the
reprehensibility of self-interested conduct.
In scandal, consensus about the
reprehensibility would dominate" (Esser & Hartung, 2004, p.
In determining whether an award was excessive or inadequate, the Alabama court considered whether there was a reasonable relationship between punitive damages and the harm that resulted from the defendant's conduct, the
reprehensibility of the defendant's conduct, the duration of that conduct, the defendant's awareness of any concealment of the conduct, the profitability of the defendant from the conduct, and whether the defendant had been punished criminally or had been subject to punitive damages in other cases.