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

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Summary:	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, racial discrimination, jury's role in capital sentencing, habeas corpus procedures in capital cases, retroactive applications, and international law considerations.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.