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Challenging The Death Penalty Under State Constitutions, James R. Acker, Elizabeth R. Walsh Oct 1989

Challenging The Death Penalty Under State Constitutions, James R. Acker, Elizabeth R. Walsh

Vanderbilt Law Review

Death penalty litigation that reaches the Supreme Court now causes at least as much consternation as hope among opponents of capital punishment. Simply not losing rights that once were considered secure can be tantamount to victory in capital cases decided by the Court,and few defendants and opponents of capital punishment expect much more. It was not always so. Hopes were once high that the Supreme Court, and the federal courts generally, would effectively bring an end to capital punishment in America.

That prospect is now remote, at best. Death row populations are sky rocketing and executions are on the rise. …


Stanford V. Kentucky: Upholding Juvenile Capital Punishment--A Confirmation Of Society's Evolving Standards Of Decency, Jeffery L. Robinette Sep 1989

Stanford V. Kentucky: Upholding Juvenile Capital Punishment--A Confirmation Of Society's Evolving Standards Of Decency, Jeffery L. Robinette

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judges, Lawyers And The Penalty Of Death, Michael E. Tigar Jan 1989

Judges, Lawyers And The Penalty Of Death, Michael E. Tigar

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.