Carter, Linda E. creator Kreitzberg, Ellen. Howe, Scott W. text bibliography nju Newark, NJ LexisNexis Matthew Bender 2008 2nd ed. monographic eng

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xviii, 369, [15] p. ; 24 cm. Introduction to capital punishment law -- The death penalty debate -- Sources of law -- Challenges to the constitutionality of the death penalty -- Methods of execution -- Modern death penalty statutes -- The death penalty trial -- Categorical bars to the death penalty -- Overview of aggravating evidence : the eligibility function and the selection function -- Aggravating circumstances : eligibility of the case for the death penalty -- Aggravating evidence and the selection decision -- Selection process : mitigation -- Selection process : the life or death decision -- Direct appeals -- Post conviction proceedings : the writ of habeas corpus -- Ineffective assistance of counsel -- Innocence -- Clemency -- Death row issues : insanity and death row phenomenon -- Race and the death penalty -- Gender bias and the death penalty -- Volunteers : defendants who want to die -- International treaty rights and the use of foreign law in death penalty cases -- The federal death penalty -- Future issues in capital punishment law. Linda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott W. Howe. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Capital punishment United States KF9227.C2 C36 2008 345.73/0773 9781422423868 (pbk.) 2008009626 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008009626.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008009626.html PUL 080229 20150806190846.0 15199884