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Prosecutorial Peremptory Challenge Practices In Capital Cases: An Empirical Study And A Constitutional Analysis, Bruce J. Winick
Prosecutorial Peremptory Challenge Practices In Capital Cases: An Empirical Study And A Constitutional Analysis, Bruce J. Winick
Michigan Law Review
As presently construed, the Constitution does not prohibit the death penalty. The states and the federal government may punish the commission of certain crimes with death, so long as the extreme penalty is not imposed on a mandatory basis and so long as the procedures used in imposing a death sentence meet constitutional scrutiny.
A demonstration that the prosecutor used the peremptory challenge in the manner described in a single case probably would be insufficient to support a constitutional challenge in the federal courts and in the vast majority of state courts. In these courts a prosecutor's use of the …
Zant V. Stephens, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Barefoot V. Estelle, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Barefoot V. Estelle, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Supreme Court Case Files
No abstract provided.
Capital Punishment In Ohio: Aggravating Circumstances, Elaine C. Hilliard
Capital Punishment In Ohio: Aggravating Circumstances, Elaine C. Hilliard
Cleveland State Law Review
The state of Ohio enacted a new death penalty statute which became effective October 19, 1981. As of January 18, 1983, eighty-three defendants had been indicted under the new statute. It is, therefore, both necessary and timely to evaluate Ohio's statutory delineation of who may die and its effect for compliance with constitutional mandates. This Note sets forth the hypotheses and supporting legal authority for analyzing Ohio's statutory aggravating circumstances individually and in the aggregate on equal protection and procedural due process grounds.
Death-Qualification And The Fireside Induction, Robert M. Berry
Death-Qualification And The Fireside Induction, Robert M. Berry
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.