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010			_a 2008009626
020			_a9781422423868 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aKF9227.C2 _bC36 2008
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100	1		_aCarter, Linda E.
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding capital punishment law . _cLinda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott W. Howe.
250			_a2nd ed.
260			_aNewark, NJ : _bLexisNexis Matthew Bender, _c2008.
300			_axviii, 369, [15] p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction 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.
650		0	_aCapital punishment _zUnited States.
700	1		_aKreitzberg, Ellen.
700	1		_aHowe, Scott W.
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008009626.html
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