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Understanding capital punishment law

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자료유형	단행본
개인저자	Carter, Linda E. Kreitzberg, Ellen S. Howe, Scott W.
서명/저자사항	Understanding capital punishment law/Linda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott W. Howe.
판사항	2nd ed.
발행사항	Newark, NJ: LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2008.
형태사항	xviii, 369, 6, 3, 6 p; 24 cm.
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ISBN	9781422423868(softbound)
일반주기	Includes index.
내용주기	Introduction to capital punishment law -- The death penalty debate -- Sources of law -- Challenges to the constitutionality of the death penalty -- Legal challenges to methods of execution -- Modern death penalty statutes -- The death penalty trial -- Overview of categorical bars to the death penalty -- Overview of aggravati -- 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.
일반주제명	Capital punishment -- United States.
언어	영어