Screen LibraryUnderstanding capital punishment law /
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| Group Author: | ; |
| Published: |
LexisNexis,
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| Publisher Address: | New Providence, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | [2012] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Third edition. |
| Series: |
Understanding series
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| Carrier Form: | xix, 485, [20] pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780769849027 0769849024 9781422486474 1422486478 |
| Index Number: | KF9227 |
| CLC: | D971.24 |
| Call Number: | D971.24/C324/3rd ed. |
| Contents: | 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 -- Postc |