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Between Skylla And Charybdis: The Eleventh Circuit Rushes Toward Disaster In Tucker V. Kemp, Marshall Dayan
Between Skylla And Charybdis: The Eleventh Circuit Rushes Toward Disaster In Tucker V. Kemp, Marshall Dayan
Antioch Law Journal
In January 1983, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided the case of Hance v. Zant. Establishing a stringent standard apparently in line with the Supreme Court's requirement of heightened reliability in capital cases, the Eleventh Circuit reversed Hance's death sentence. The court held, inter alia, that the prosecutor's inflammatory closing argument at the end of the sentencing phase of the trial was violative of the eighth and fourteenth amendments. Six months later, in a group of four other death penalty cases, the United States Supreme Court dismissed challenges to the sentencing process.2 The Court held …
Tribe: God Bless This Honorable Court. Reviewed By Susan G. Kupfer, Susan G. Kupfer
Tribe: God Bless This Honorable Court. Reviewed By Susan G. Kupfer, Susan G. Kupfer
Antioch Law Journal
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Engelmayer And Wagman: Lord's Justice. Reviewed By Marc P. Weingarten, Marc P. Weingarten
Engelmayer And Wagman: Lord's Justice. Reviewed By Marc P. Weingarten, Marc P. Weingarten
Antioch Law Journal
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