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

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

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Author / Creator:Latzer, Barry, 1945-
Edition:[3rd ed.].
Imprint:Burlington, MA : Butterworth-Heinemann, c2011.
Description:xv, 440 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Capital punishment -- United States -- Cases.
Capital punishment.
United States.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8365410
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Other authors / contributors:United States. Supreme Court.
ISBN:9780123820242
0123820243
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Table of Cases
  • Chapter 1. Capital Punishment in America
  • Part I. Foundational Cases
  • Chapter 2. Cruel and Unusual as Applied-Furman v. Georgia (1972)
  • Chapter 3. Not Inherently Unconstitutional-Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
  • Chapter 4. Mandatory Death Penalty-Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
  • Chapter 5. Mitigating Evidence-Lockett v. Ohio (1978) and Jurek v. Texas (1976)
  • Chapter 6. Racial Bias-McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
  • Part II. Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons
  • Chapter 7. Rape and Other Nonhomicide Crimes-Coker v. Georgia (1977)
  • Chapter 8. Murder-Godfrey v. Georgia (1980)
  • Chapter 9. Felony-Murder-Enmund v. Florida (1982) and Tison v. Arizona (1987)
  • Chapter 10. The Mentally Retarded and Juveniles-Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005)
  • Chapter 11. Child Rape-Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
  • Part III. The Death Penalty Trial
  • Chapter 12. Appropriate Decision Makers-Spaziano v. Florida (1984) and Ring v. Arizona (2002)
  • Chapter 13. Selecting Jurors-Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), Turner v. Murray (1986), and Uttecht v. Brown (2007)
  • Chapter 14. Victim Impact Evidence-Payne v. Tennessee (1991)
  • Chapter 15. The Sentencing Decision-McKoy v. North Carolina(1990) and Kansas v. Marsh
  • Part IV. Post-Conviction Review
  • Chapter 16. Ineffective Counsel-Strickland v. Washington (1984) and Williams v. Taylor (2000)
  • Chapter 17. Claims of Innocence-Herrera v. Collins (1993) and Kansas v. Marsh
  • Part V. Execution Issues
  • Chapter 18. Insane Convicts May Not Be Executed-Ford v. Wainwright (1986) and Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)
  • Chapter 19. Method of Execution-Baze v. Rees (2008)
  • Appendix A. Facts and Figures on Murder and the Death Penalty
  • Appendix B. Understanding Statutory Provisions

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