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100 1 $aCarter, Linda E.
245 10 $aUnderstanding capital punishment law /$cLinda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott W. Howe.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aNewark, NJ :$bLexisNexis,$c2008.
300 $axviii, 369, [6, 3, 6] p. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aThe Understanding series
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 -- Legal challenges to methods of execution -- Modern death penalty statutes -- The death penalty trial -- Overview of categorical bars to the death penalty -- Overview of aggravati -- 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.
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