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

Title
Death penalty cases : leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment / Barry Latzer.
Author
Latzer, Barry, 1945-
Publication
Boston, Mass. : Butterworth-Heinemann, c1998.

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Additional Authors
United States. Supreme Court.
Description
xi, 260 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Trials, litigation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Capital punishment : the law and the issues -- Cruel and unusual as applied : Furman v. Georgia (1972) -- Not inherently unconstitutional : Gregg v. Georgia (1976) -- Rape and the death penalty : Coker v. Georgia (1977) -- Mandatory death penalty : Woodson v. North Carolina (1976) -- "Mandatory" death statutes : Blystone v. Pennsylvania (1990) -- Vague aggravating factors : Godfrey v. Georgia (1980) -- Mitigating evidence : Lockett v. Ohio (1978) -- Jury unanimity on mitigating evidence : McKoy v. North Carolina (1990) -- Murder defendants who did not kill (I) : Enmund v. Florida (1982) -- Murder defendants who did not kill (II) : Tison v. Arizona (1987) -- Jurors opposed to capital punishment : Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968) -- Selecting the "death-qualified" jury : Lockhart v. McCree (1986) -- Selecting an unbiased jury : Turner v. Murray (1986) -- Right to effective counsel : Burger v. Kemp (1987) -- Victim impact evidence : Payne v. Tennessee (1991) -- Capital sentencing by judges : Spaziano v. Florida (1984) -- Proportional sentencing review : Pulley v. Harris (1984) -- Death sentences and double jeopardy : Arizona v. Rumsey (1984) -- Juveniles may be executed : Stanford v. Kentucky (1989) -- Insane convicts may not be executed : Ford v. Wainwright (1986) -- Execution of the mentally retarded : Penry v. Lynaugh (1989) -- Race discrimination and capital punishment : McCleskey v. Kemp (1987).
ISBN
0750699396 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^97028267^
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Harvard Library