Capital Punishment : A Legal Overview Including the Supreme Court Decisions of the 2004-2005 Term.

Provides a legal overview of Supreme Court decisions concerning capital punishment. Covers constitutionality of the death penalty, aggravating and mitigating factors, juvenile, mentally retarded, and rape offenders, death penalty for nonkillers, counsel-effectiveness under the Sixth Amendment, racia...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2005.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Capital punishment. Judge-made law. Constitutional law. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book