Death penalty cases : leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment /

This brand new edition of Death Penalty Cases makes the most manageable comprehensive resource on the death penalty even better. It includes the most recent cases, including Kennedy v. Louisiana, prohibiting the death penalty for child rapists, and Baze v. Rees, upholding execution by lethal injecti...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Latzer, Barry, 1945-
Autor Corporativo: United States. Supreme Court
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Burlington, MA : Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann, �2011.
Edición:3rd ed.
Temas:
Capital punishment > United States > Cases.
Peine de mort > �Etats-Unis > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Criminal Law > General.
Capital punishment
United States
Trials, litigation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Capital punishment in America
  • Cruel and unusual as applied : Furman v. Georgia (1972)
  • Not inherently unconstitutional : Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
  • Mandatory death penalty : Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
  • Mitigating evidence : Lockett v. Ohio (1978) and Jurek v. Texas (1976)
  • Racial bias : McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
  • Rape and other nonhomicide crimes : Coker v. Georgia (1977)
  • Murder : Godfrey v. Georgia (1980)
  • Felony-murder : Enmund v. Florida (1982) and Tison v. Arizona (1987)
  • The mentally retarded and juveniles : Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005)
  • Child rape : Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
  • Appropriate decisionmakers : Spaziano v. Florida (1984) and Ring v. Arizona (2002)
  • Selecting jurors : Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), Turner v. Murray (1986), and Uttecht v. Brown (2007)
  • Victim impact evidence : Payne v. Tennessee (1991)
  • The sentencing decision : McKoy v. North Carolina (1990) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
  • Ineffective counsel : Strickland v. Washington (1984) and Williams v. Taylor (2000)
  • Claims of innocence : Herrera v. Collins (1993) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
  • Insane convicts may not be executed : Ford v. Wainwright (1986) and Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)
  • Method of execution : Baze v. Rees (2008)
  • Appendix A : Facts and figures on murder and the death penalty
  • Appendix B : Understanding statutory provisions.

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