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Constitutional Law—Death-Qualified Juries Are Not Prohibited By The Sixth Amendment Right To A Fair And Impartial Jury, David Juneau Oct 1985

Constitutional Law—Death-Qualified Juries Are Not Prohibited By The Sixth Amendment Right To A Fair And Impartial Jury, David Juneau

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Wainwright V. Witt: A New Standard For Death-Qualifying A Capital Jury, Phillip M. Stowers Sep 1985

Wainwright V. Witt: A New Standard For Death-Qualifying A Capital Jury, Phillip M. Stowers

West Virginia Law Review

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Capital Punishment: For Or Against, Jan Gorecki Feb 1985

Capital Punishment: For Or Against, Jan Gorecki

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Death Penalty -- A Debate by Ernest van den Haag and John Conrad


Capital Juries And The Fair Cross-Section Requirement: Modern Constitutional Reasoning In Jury Selection, John Coleman Ayers Jan 1985

Capital Juries And The Fair Cross-Section Requirement: Modern Constitutional Reasoning In Jury Selection, John Coleman Ayers

Kentucky Law Journal

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Justice Douglas And The Rosenberg Case Setting The Record Straight , William Cohen Jan 1985

Justice Douglas And The Rosenberg Case Setting The Record Straight , William Cohen

Cornell Law Review

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Symposium Address: The Death Penalty In North Carolina, The Hon. James G. Exum Jr. Jan 1985

Symposium Address: The Death Penalty In North Carolina, The Hon. James G. Exum Jr.

Campbell Law Review

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Prosecutorial Abuse Of Peremptory Challenges In Death Penalty Litigation: Some Constitutional And Ethical Considerations, Stephen P. Lindsay Jan 1985

Prosecutorial Abuse Of Peremptory Challenges In Death Penalty Litigation: Some Constitutional And Ethical Considerations, Stephen P. Lindsay

Campbell Law Review

With North Carolinians heavily favoring the death penalty, and executions in our state becoming more frequent in recent years, our obligation as lawyers and laypersons to ensure that the constitutional rights of death penalty defendants are preserved is taking on added significance. One practice which deserves close scrutiny is prosecutorial use of peremptory challenges.


Executing Youthful Offenders: The Unanswered Question In Eddings V. Oklahoma, Rona L. Just Jan 1985

Executing Youthful Offenders: The Unanswered Question In Eddings V. Oklahoma, Rona L. Just

Fordham Urban Law Journal

The juvenile justice system was created to "treat" and to "rehabilitate" the juvenile offender. But transfers to the adult criminal system allows for juvenile offenders to receive the death penalty for capital crimes. This Note examines the theories of punishment underlying the death penalty, briefly discusses the creation of the juvenile court system and the mechanism of juvenile transfer. This Note then discusses the development of the death penalty by examining Supreme Court cases which have considered state laws challenged under the eighth amendment as forms of cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court decisions which have extended constitutional guarantees to …