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Applying The Death Penalty To Crimes Of Genocide, Jens David Ohlin
Applying The Death Penalty To Crimes Of Genocide, Jens David Ohlin
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Domestic And International Developments Relating To The Death Penalty: Introduction And Remarks, Sandra L. Babcock
Domestic And International Developments Relating To The Death Penalty: Introduction And Remarks, Sandra L. Babcock
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
In recent years, international law has played an increasingly prominent role in the development of death penalty jurisprudence in both domestic and international tribunals. In the United States, the citation of foreign jurisprudence by the Supreme Court in Roper v. Simmons and Atkins v. Virginia has generated an intense debate within the Court, Congress, and the media. In the Caribbean, decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights have resulted in commutations of numerous death sentences. While abolitionists have celebrated these developments, the death penalty remains a popular sanction, and human rights …