Death Penalty Cases
Butterworth-Heinemann Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-382024-2 (ISBN)
Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons, The Death Penalty Trial, Post-Conviction Review, and Execution Issues.
The first part, consisting of five chapters, talks about the mandatory death penalty, mitigating evidence and racial bias. The next part covers death-eligible crimes, such as rape and other crimes that do not involve homicide and murder. The middle part presents the trial process, from choosing the appropriate decision-makers through the sentencing decision. Followed by this is a chapter focusing on the aftermath of conviction, such as claims of innocence. The book concludes by exploring issues related to execution, such as not executing insane convicts. Finally, execution methods are presented.
BARRY LATZER is Professor of Government at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a member of the Ph.D. and M.A. faculties in Criminal Justice at the Graduate School and University Center. He received a law degree (J.D.) from Fordham University (1985) and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1977). Professor Latzer is also known for his work on state constitutional law, which is the subject of two of his books, State Constitutional Criminal Law (Clark, Boardman, Callaghan, 1995), and State Constitutions and Criminal Justice (Greenwood, 1991). He has published over two dozen scholarly articles and writes a continuing series of articles for the Criminal Law Bulletin, entitled "State Constitutional Developments."
1. The Law and the Issues
Section I: Foundational Cases2. Cruel and Unusual as Applied: Furman v. Georgia3. Not Inherently Unconstitutional: Gregg v. Georgia4. Mandatory Death Penalty: Woodson v. North Carolina 5. Mitigating Evidence: Lockett v. Ohio, Jurek v. Texas, Note on Penry and later Texas cases6. Racial Bias: McCleskey v. Kemp Section II: Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons7. Rape: Coker v. Georgia8. Murder: Godfrey v. Georgia 9. Felony-Murder: Enmund v. Florida, Tison v. Arizona10. The Mentally Retarded and Juveniles: Atkins v. Virginia, Roper v. Simmons11. Child Rape: Kennedy v. Louisiana
Section III: The Death Penalty Trial12. Appropriate Decisionmakers: Spaziano v. Florida, Ring v. Arizona13. Selecting Jurors: Witherspoon v. Illinois, Turner v. Murray, Uttecht v. Brown14. Victim Impact Evidence: Payne v. Tennessee15. The Sentencing Decision: McKoy v. North Carolina, Kansas v. Marsh
Section IV: Post-Conviction Review16. Ineffective Counsel: Strickland v. Washington, Williams v. Taylor17. Claims of Innocence: Herrera v. Collins, Kansas v. Marsh
Section V: Execution Issues18. Mental Illness at Execution: Ford v. Wainwright, Panetti v. Quarterman19. Method of Execution: Baze v. Rees
AppendixA. Facts and Figures on Murder and the Death PenaltyB. Selected Death Penalty Statutes
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2010 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Woburn |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 191 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 950 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-12-382024-3 / 0123820243 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-12-382024-2 / 9780123820242 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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