Capital Punishment : Summary of Supreme Court Decisions of the 2001-02 Term.

Summarizes Supreme Court rulings in death penalty cases in 2001-02 term. Reviews six cases, involving issues relating to; execution of the mentally retarded, standards for effective- assistance-of-counsel in death penalty cases, the practice of a judge, rather than a jury, deciding criminal sentenci...

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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], 2002.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	African Americans. Capital punishment. Judges. Electronic books.
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Summary:	Summarizes Supreme Court rulings in death penalty cases in 2001-02 term. Reviews six cases, involving issues relating to; execution of the mentally retarded, standards for effective- assistance-of-counsel in death penalty cases, the practice of a judge, rather than a jury, deciding criminal sentencing issues, and the charge that blacks are charged with capital offenses more than others.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.