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Deterring Roper’S Juveniles: Why Immature Criminal Youth Require The Death Penalty More Than Adults – A Law & Economics Approach, Moin A. Yahya
Deterring Roper’S Juveniles: Why Immature Criminal Youth Require The Death Penalty More Than Adults – A Law & Economics Approach, Moin A. Yahya
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In Roper v. Simmons, the United States Supreme Court declared the death penalty for juveniles unconstitutional. It relied on three reasons, one of which concerns this article, namely the theory that juveniles are less culpable and deterrable than adults. The Court relied on the American Medical Association’s amicus brief which purported to show scientifically that juveniles had less developed brains than adults. The Court characterized juveniles as being risk-lovers who highly preferred the present over the future, who loved gains no matter how risky but did not care for losses, and who could not engage in proper cost-benefit analysis, because …
Symbol And Substance In The Massachusetts Commission Report, Franklin E. Zimring
Symbol And Substance In The Massachusetts Commission Report, Franklin E. Zimring
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Concluding Remarks, Joseph L. Hoffmann
Concluding Remarks, Joseph L. Hoffmann
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report (Introduction And Participants)
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Open Discussion: Post-Trial Review
Open Discussion: Post-Trial Review
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Fairness In The Application Of The Death Penalty, Edwin Colfax
Fairness In The Application Of The Death Penalty, Edwin Colfax
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
Narrowing The Class Of Death-Eligible Crimes, Paula Sites
Narrowing The Class Of Death-Eligible Crimes, Paula Sites
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.
A Scientist's Perspective On Forensic Science, Carl M. Selavka
A Scientist's Perspective On Forensic Science, Carl M. Selavka
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Toward A Model Death Penalty Code: The Massachusetts Governor's Council Report.