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Capital Punishment ... On The Way Out? Jan 1971

Capital Punishment ... On The Way Out?

University of Baltimore Law Review

There is a compelling need to review the Supreme Court's position regarding capital punishment, in light of a growing national trend in the courts, as well as the state legislatures, away from the death penalty as an acceptable mode of punishment for the convicted felon. Five crucial issues are recognizable: First, has the Supreme Court by prolonged implication of silence recognized that capital punishment is not violative of the eighth amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment? Second, why has the Supreme Court remained silent during this period while a growing number of cases have been appealed in those states …


Gideon V. Wainwright: The Art Of Overruling, Jerold H. Israel Jan 1963

Gideon V. Wainwright: The Art Of Overruling, Jerold H. Israel

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During the 1962 Term, the Supreme Court, on a single Monday, announced six decisions concerned with constitutional limitations upon state criminal procedure. The most publicized of these, though probably not the most important in terms of legal theory or practical effect, was Gideon v. Wainwright. In an era of constantly expanding federal restrictions on state criminal processes, the holding of Gideon-that an indigent defendant in a state criminal prosecution has an unqualified right to the appointment of counsel-was hardly startling. And while Gideon will obviously have an important effect in the handful of states that still fail to appoint counsel …


Book Review. Star Wormwood By Curtis Bok, Paul D. Carrington Jan 1960

Book Review. Star Wormwood By Curtis Bok, Paul D. Carrington

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Book Review. The Case Of Sacco And Vanzetti By Felix Frankfurter, Fowler V. Harper Jan 1927

Book Review. The Case Of Sacco And Vanzetti By Felix Frankfurter, Fowler V. Harper

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