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Maurer School of Law: Indiana University

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Veil Of Secrecy: Public Executions, Limitations On Reporting Capital Punishment, And The Content-Based Nature Of Private Execution Laws, Nicholas Levi Dec 2002

Veil Of Secrecy: Public Executions, Limitations On Reporting Capital Punishment, And The Content-Based Nature Of Private Execution Laws, Nicholas Levi

Federal Communications Law Journal

One issue that is often overlooked in the capital punishment debate is the policy to shield the public from the specifics of the application, administration, and resolution of the death sentence. First, this Note provides a brief historical and analytical account of capital punishment in this country, and ultimately argues that this historical backdrop forces courts to characterize regulations as content-based distinctions on free speech. Second, this Note provides a background of the methods of capital punishment from the time of the country's founding through the early parts of the twentieth century. Furthermore, this Note will address the emergence of …


Studies In Jurisprudence: V, Free Man Versus His Government, Edited By Arthur L. Harding, Ivan C. Rutledge Oct 1958

Studies In Jurisprudence: V, Free Man Versus His Government, Edited By Arthur L. Harding, Ivan C. Rutledge

Indiana Law Journal

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