Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Criminal Procedure

2012

Capital punishment

Journal

Articles 1 - 5 of 5

Full-Text Articles in Law

Irreconcilable Differences: Yet More Attitudinal Discrepancies Between Death Penalty Opponents And Proponents: A California Sample, Robert J. Robinson Nov 2012

Irreconcilable Differences: Yet More Attitudinal Discrepancies Between Death Penalty Opponents And Proponents: A California Sample, Robert J. Robinson

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ring V. Arizona: The Sixth And Eighth Amendments Collide: Out Of The Wreckage Emerges A Constitutional Safeguard For Capital Defendants, Jason E. Barsanti Apr 2012

Ring V. Arizona: The Sixth And Eighth Amendments Collide: Out Of The Wreckage Emerges A Constitutional Safeguard For Capital Defendants, Jason E. Barsanti

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Criminal Justice, Akhil Reed Amar Mar 2012

Criminal Justice, Akhil Reed Amar

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Raising The Bar: How Rompilla V. Beard Represents The Court's Increasing Efforts To Impose Stricter Standards For Defense Lawyering In Capital Cases, Whitney Cawley Mar 2012

Raising The Bar: How Rompilla V. Beard Represents The Court's Increasing Efforts To Impose Stricter Standards For Defense Lawyering In Capital Cases, Whitney Cawley

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.


Casting A Wider Net: Another Decade Of Legislative Expansion Of The Death Penalty In The United States, Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier Mar 2012

Casting A Wider Net: Another Decade Of Legislative Expansion Of The Death Penalty In The United States, Jeffrey L. Kirchmeier

Pepperdine Law Review

During the last decade, judges, politicians, scholars, and the general public have become troubled about problems with the death penalty in the United States. Also during this time, major studies of the death penalty have recommended a reduction in the number of statutory factors that make one eligible for the death penalty. Despite these concerns, legislatures continue to expand their capital punishment statutes to make more defendants eligible for the death penalty. This Article examines how, during a time of growing concern about innocence and arbitrariness in the death penalty system, a number of legislatures have continued to expand their …