Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/McCleskey v. Kemp

Mccleskey v. Kemp

Delete - The article is a poor summary of a Supreme Court case. It's written in legalese rather than English, and does not include information on how this ruling actually affects the legal world. D.valued 03:58, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now. —Crypticbot (operator) 15:36, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - This ruling is massively important, as said in the original version of the article (note that I included some references to help people to check it out). This is a case that defined racism as applied to the death penalty. In effect, what this case meant is that it is okay to kill a black man, and that doing so isn't racist. It has major repercussions and is a heavily discussed case, with 748 unique google hits, out of a total of 17,100. Yes, it was written in legalese. But something written as X v Y is really only going to be useful for lawyers, so what is the problem? Can rewrite it to make it able to be understood by laymen if you'd prefer. Oh, and rename the article to McCleskey v Kemp since the capitalisation was wrong. There also shouldn't be a . after v. Zordrac (talk) Wishy Washy Darwikinian Eventualist 16:07, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Agree with fixing the capitalisation, but there does need to be a period after the "v" - see 481 U.S. 279 ( the report of the case itself). This may vary in other countries, but U.S. cases always have it. BDAbramson T 20:51, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Reading just Live from Death Row and Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr. convinces me, without need for further research, that this is a case that warrants an encyclopaedia article. Keep. Uncle G 20:22, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Keep - it sounds like this was a very important Supreme Court case. Maybe it needs some rewriting but it certainly doesn't need deletion. --Cyde Weys _talk^contribs 20:29, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
~~Strong keep~~ Speedy keep - I will personally attend to this article once I finish my current work assignment - this case was notable for its rejection of statistical evidence showing that the death penalty is biased against blacks (with a shrug and a comment that it's up to the states to solve). Massively important case, bound to be found in any textbook on the death penalty. BDAbramson T 20:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Note: vote changed to speedy keep, upon reading nomination - this article has been AfD'd for being a poor summary, written in legalese and lacking information, none of which is an appropriate reason for deletion. BDAbramson T 20:47, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Needs a little cleanup but verifiable and notable court case. Capitalistroadster 22:45, 11 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]