Most Deserving of Death?: an Analysis of the Supreme Court's Death Penalty Jurisprudence
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1. Verfasser: Williams, Kenneth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Farnham Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012
Schriftenreihe:Law, justice, and power
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Beschreibung:Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 History of Capital Punishment in the United States; 2 The Problem of Ineffective Representation; 3 Race and the Death Penalty; 4 Innocence; 5 Mental Illness; 6 Death Penalty Procedures and Appeals; 7 International Law and the Death Penalty; 8 Methods of Execution; 9 Judges and Capital Punishment; Conclusion; Index
This book demonstrates that it is the inconsistent and often incoherent jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court which accounts for a system so lacking in public confidence. Using case studies, Kenneth Williams examines issues such as jury selection, ineffective assistance of counsel, the role of race and claims of innocence which affect the Court's decisions. Discussing international treaties and their lack of impact on capital punishment in America, this book makes an important contribution to legal scholarship. It also provides a unique understanding of the dynamics of an alarmingly
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:227 pages
ISBN:9780754697541
0754697541
1283429292
9781283429290
9780754678854
0754678857

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