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001 2008009626
003 DLC
005 20090831114051.0
008 080229s2008 nju b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008009626
020 $a9781422423868 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
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050 00 $aKF9227.C2$bC36 2008
082 00 $a345.73/0773$222
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 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 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0812/2008009626.html