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Death Penalty, Josh D. Moore
Death Penalty, Josh D. Moore
Mercer Law Review
The Georgia Supreme Court addressed numerous cases touching on the death penalty in our survey period, including the review of four death sentences on direct appeal in Ellington v. State, Rice v. State, Barrett v. State, and Brockman v. State. Three of the death sentences reviewed on direct appeal were affirmed and one was reversed. The court also reversed the decision of a habeas court to vacate a death sentence in Humphrey v. Riley. Several other cases involving the death penalty at various stages of trial were also decided and will be addressed further as …
How Administrative Law Halted The Death Penalty In Maryland , Arnold Rochvarg
How Administrative Law Halted The Death Penalty In Maryland , Arnold Rochvarg
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
Numerous arguments have been raised to halt the death penalty, including constitutional claims such as ineffective assistance of counsel, equal protection, right to trial by jury, and cruel and unusual punishment. The winning argument, however, in Evans v. State, a Maryland death penalty appeal, was based not on constitutional or criminal law, but rather Administrative Law. A death row inmate attacked the validity of the procedures for administering lethal injection capital punishment because the Maryland Department of Corrections had not followed the proper statutory procedures for adopting the regulation which set forth the capital punishment process. In order for a …
An Analysis Of The Death Penalty Jurisprudence Of The October 2007 Supreme Court Term, Richard Klein
An Analysis Of The Death Penalty Jurisprudence Of The October 2007 Supreme Court Term, Richard Klein
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Criminal Procedure Decisions From The October 2007 Term, Susan N. Herman
Criminal Procedure Decisions From The October 2007 Term, Susan N. Herman
Touro Law Review
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Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Pepperdine Law Review
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