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Wainwright V. Witt: A New Standard For Death-Qualifying A Capital Jury, Phillip M. Stowers
Wainwright V. Witt: A New Standard For Death-Qualifying A Capital Jury, Phillip M. Stowers
West Virginia Law Review
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Capital Punishment: For Or Against, Jan Gorecki
Capital Punishment: For Or Against, Jan Gorecki
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Death Penalty -- A Debate by Ernest van den Haag and John Conrad
Symposium Address: The Death Penalty In North Carolina, The Hon. James G. Exum Jr.
Symposium Address: The Death Penalty In North Carolina, The Hon. James G. Exum Jr.
Campbell Law Review
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Prosecutorial Abuse Of Peremptory Challenges In Death Penalty Litigation: Some Constitutional And Ethical Considerations, Stephen P. Lindsay
Prosecutorial Abuse Of Peremptory Challenges In Death Penalty Litigation: Some Constitutional And Ethical Considerations, Stephen P. Lindsay
Campbell Law Review
With North Carolinians heavily favoring the death penalty, and executions in our state becoming more frequent in recent years, our obligation as lawyers and laypersons to ensure that the constitutional rights of death penalty defendants are preserved is taking on added significance. One practice which deserves close scrutiny is prosecutorial use of peremptory challenges.
Executing Youthful Offenders: The Unanswered Question In Eddings V. Oklahoma, Rona L. Just
Executing Youthful Offenders: The Unanswered Question In Eddings V. Oklahoma, Rona L. Just
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The juvenile justice system was created to "treat" and to "rehabilitate" the juvenile offender. But transfers to the adult criminal system allows for juvenile offenders to receive the death penalty for capital crimes. This Note examines the theories of punishment underlying the death penalty, briefly discusses the creation of the juvenile court system and the mechanism of juvenile transfer. This Note then discusses the development of the death penalty by examining Supreme Court cases which have considered state laws challenged under the eighth amendment as forms of cruel and unusual punishment. Supreme Court decisions which have extended constitutional guarantees to …