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Replacing Death With Life? The Rise Of Lwop In The Context Of Abolitionist Campaigns In The United States, Michelle Miao Jan 2020

Replacing Death With Life? The Rise Of Lwop In The Context Of Abolitionist Campaigns In The United States, Michelle Miao

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

On the basis of fifty-four elite interviews[1] with legislators, judges, attorneys, and civil society advocates as well as a state-by-state data survey, this Article examines the complex linkage between the two major penal trends in American society during the past decades: a declining use of capital punishment across the United States and a growing population of prisoners serving “life without the possibility of parole” or “LWOP” sentences. The main contribution of the research is threefold. First, the research proposes to redefine the boundary between life and death in relation to penal discourses regarding the death penalty and LWOP. LWOP …


The Inequality Of America‘S Death Penalty: A Crossroads For Capital Punishment At The Intersection Of The Eighth And Fourteenth Amendments, John D. Bessler Jan 2017

The Inequality Of America‘S Death Penalty: A Crossroads For Capital Punishment At The Intersection Of The Eighth And Fourteenth Amendments, John D. Bessler

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

No abstract provided.


Lies, Damn Lies, And Batson Challenges: The Right To Use Statistical Evidence To Prove Racial Bias, Graham R. Cronogue Aug 2016

Lies, Damn Lies, And Batson Challenges: The Right To Use Statistical Evidence To Prove Racial Bias, Graham R. Cronogue

University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review

This Article provides two principal contributions to the study of wrongful convictions. First, it fills a gap in the literature by clarifying the scope of a capital defendant’s constitutional right to use statistics when attacking a wrongful conviction caused by racial bias in jury selection. In doing so, the Article not only examines the content of the Court’s jurisprudence but it also explores the historical “arc” toward greater evidentiary protections. This arc has been guided primarily by the realization that prior narrower solutions have been ineffective at combating racially-motivated peremptory strikes. The Article will also place modern statistical evidence in …


Criminal Procedure Decisions From The October 2006 Term, Susan N. Herman May 2014

Criminal Procedure Decisions From The October 2006 Term, Susan N. Herman

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Equality Principle Revisited: The Relationship Of Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals To Ake V. Oklahoma, Lee Richard Goebes Sep 2002

The Equality Principle Revisited: The Relationship Of Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals To Ake V. Oklahoma, Lee Richard Goebes

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Protecting The Defendant's Right To A Fair Trial In The Information Age, Erika Patrick Sep 2002

Protecting The Defendant's Right To A Fair Trial In The Information Age, Erika Patrick

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


No One Can Serve Two Masters: Arguments Against Private Prosecutors, Matthew S. Nichols Mar 2001

No One Can Serve Two Masters: Arguments Against Private Prosecutors, Matthew S. Nichols

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Does New York's Death Penalty Statute Violate The New York Constitution?, Honorable Stewart F. Hancock Jr., Christopher Quinn, Richard Klein Jan 1998

Does New York's Death Penalty Statute Violate The New York Constitution?, Honorable Stewart F. Hancock Jr., Christopher Quinn, Richard Klein

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rights And Freedoms Under The State Constitution: A New Deal For Welfare Rights, Sandra M. Stevenson, Eve Cary, Mary Falk, Helen Hershkoff, Robert A. Heverly Jan 1996

Rights And Freedoms Under The State Constitution: A New Deal For Welfare Rights, Sandra M. Stevenson, Eve Cary, Mary Falk, Helen Hershkoff, Robert A. Heverly

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Pruett V. Thompson 996 F.2d 1560 (4th Cir. 1993) Sep 1993

Pruett V. Thompson 996 F.2d 1560 (4th Cir. 1993)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Mueller V. Virginia 113 S. Ct. 1880 (1993) Sep 1993

Mueller V. Virginia 113 S. Ct. 1880 (1993)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Sullivan V. Louisiana 113 S. Ct. 2078 (1993) Sep 1993

Sullivan V. Louisiana 113 S. Ct. 2078 (1993)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Trevino V. Texas 112 S.Ct. 1547 (1992) Sep 1992

Trevino V. Texas 112 S.Ct. 1547 (1992)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Poyner V. Murray 964 F.2d 1404 (1992) Sep 1992

Poyner V. Murray 964 F.2d 1404 (1992)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Opposing Peremptory Challenges Under Batson, Marcus E. Garcia, James W. Miller Jr. Apr 1992

Opposing Peremptory Challenges Under Batson, Marcus E. Garcia, James W. Miller Jr.

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Mitigation: An Outline Of Law, Method And Strategy, Peter T. Hansen Apr 1992

Mitigation: An Outline Of Law, Method And Strategy, Peter T. Hansen

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Mccleskey V. Zant 111 S. Ct. 1454 (1991) Nov 1991

Mccleskey V. Zant 111 S. Ct. 1454 (1991)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Arizona V. Fulminante 111 S. Ct. 1246, (1991) Nov 1991

Arizona V. Fulminante 111 S. Ct. 1246, (1991)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Lankford V. Idaho 111 S. Ct. 1723 (1991) Nov 1991

Lankford V. Idaho 111 S. Ct. 1723 (1991)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Yates V. Evatt 111 S. Ct. 1884 (1991) Nov 1991

Yates V. Evatt 111 S. Ct. 1884 (1991)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Schad V. Arizona 111 S. Ct. 2491 (1991) Nov 1991

Schad V. Arizona 111 S. Ct. 2491 (1991)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Cage V. Louisiana 111 S. Ct. 328 (1990) Apr 1991

Cage V. Louisiana 111 S. Ct. 328 (1990)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Evans V. Muncie 916 F.2d 163 (1990) Apr 1991

Evans V. Muncie 916 F.2d 163 (1990)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Bassette V. Thompson 915 F.2d 932 (1990) Apr 1991

Bassette V. Thompson 915 F.2d 932 (1990)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Status Of Supreme Court Case Law Helpful To Capital Defendants, Steven K. Herndon, Ginger M. Jonas Apr 1991

Status Of Supreme Court Case Law Helpful To Capital Defendants, Steven K. Herndon, Ginger M. Jonas

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Gaskins V. Mckellar 916 F.2d 941 (1990) Apr 1991

Gaskins V. Mckellar 916 F.2d 941 (1990)

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


How To Look The Virginia Gift Horse In The Mouth: Federal Due Process And Virginia's Arbitrary Abrogation Of Capital Defendant's State-Created Rights, Otto W. Konrad Apr 1991

How To Look The Virginia Gift Horse In The Mouth: Federal Due Process And Virginia's Arbitrary Abrogation Of Capital Defendant's State-Created Rights, Otto W. Konrad

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


South Carolina V. Gathers 109 S. Ct. 2207,104 L. Ed. 2d 876 (1989) United States Supreme Court Sep 1989

South Carolina V. Gathers 109 S. Ct. 2207,104 L. Ed. 2d 876 (1989) United States Supreme Court

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Waye V. Townley 871 F.2d 18 (4th Cir. 1989) United States Court Of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit Sep 1989

Waye V. Townley 871 F.2d 18 (4th Cir. 1989) United States Court Of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.


Restrictions On The State's Use Of Mental Health Experts In Capital Trials, W. Lawrence Fitch Sep 1989

Restrictions On The State's Use Of Mental Health Experts In Capital Trials, W. Lawrence Fitch

Capital Defense Journal

No abstract provided.