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The Payne Of Allowing Victim Impact Statements At Capital Sentencing Hearings, Michael I. Oberlander
The Payne Of Allowing Victim Impact Statements At Capital Sentencing Hearings, Michael I. Oberlander
Vanderbilt Law Review
A teenage boy returns from a night out with his friends to find his home in disarray; furniture is strewn about and valuable belongings are missing. He ventures towards his parents' bedroom, unaware of the horrific scene that he soon will witness. As he enters his parents' bedroom a sudden sense of reality washes over him as he views the scene in the room: his parents are dead on their bed, in inhuman, violently conorted positions, with blood covering the sheets, their bodies, the floor, and the walls. The boy, in shock, reaches for the phone and calls the police. …
The Need For An International Criminal Court In The New International World Order, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Christopher L. Blakesley
The Need For An International Criminal Court In The New International World Order, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Christopher L. Blakesley
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In this Article, Professors Bassiouni and Blakesley argue that the institution of an international criminal court would provide an effective means of dealing with international problems that are created by or unaddressed in a unilateral or bilateral international system. Rather than deflecting domestic concentration on law enforcement, the proposed tribunal will be a complementary and incremental effort, which will enhance criminal justice enforcement. The authors address several questions concerning the implementation of the tribunal, including questions related to sovereignty and bases for jurisdiction, which crimes will be within the court's jurisdiction, which law will apply to the cases, and practical …
Agreements For Cooperation In Criminal Cases, Graham Hughes
Agreements For Cooperation In Criminal Cases, Graham Hughes
Vanderbilt Law Review
In criminal prosecutions, both state and federal, closely negotiated agreements for immunity and lenient plea bargaining in return for co- operation have acquired considerable importance. These agreements are an ancient practice now wearing sophisticated modern dress. They may arise in complex white-collar crime cases, organized crime cases, narcotics prosecutions, and, from time to time, in other prominent major felony cases. They constitute a phenomenon that differs in important ways from the run-of-the-mill guilty pleas that characterize our metropolitan courts and recently have preoccupied students of the criminal system. Unlike the ordinary guilty plea, the suspect or defendant in co- operation …