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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Lecture At Uva Law School, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Bill Texts, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Capital Punishment Data, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Printed Materials, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Ex Post Facto Judicial Clarification Of A Vague Aggravating Circumstance In A Capital Punishment Statute, Kenneth S. Gallant

Faculty Scholarship

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Use Of The "Zola Plea" In New Jersey Capital Prosecutions, J Thomas Sullivan

Faculty Scholarship

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Trial And Appellate Criminal Procedure, John M. Schmolesky

Faculty Articles

Recent state and federal decisions significantly influenced Texas criminal procedure at both the trial and appellate levels. These decisions generally affected three main areas of the punishment stage of Texas criminal trials. First, they defined the scope of evidence admissible at the punishment stage. Second, they addressed procedural and substantive questions concerning the special punishment issue of use or exhibition of a deadly weapon. Third, they raised substantial questions about the constitutionality of the death penalty as applied by Texas courts.

Texas courts also faced numerous challenges in the aftermath of several important state and federal constitutional decisions. These decisions …

Expediting Death: Repressive Tolerance And Post-Conviction Due Process Jurisprudence In Capital Cases, Nancy Levit

Faculty Works

The legitimacy of capital punishment has long been intertwined with the integrity of the procedures for its imposition including opportunities for review on appeal and in collateral hearings. Proposed legislation would dramatically abbreviate the habeas process in capital cases. The proposed bills which would accelerate the imposition of death sentences are matched by an increased willingness by courts to employ summary proceedings to expedite habeas procedures. This acceleration in the imposition of death sentences is part of the larger picture in which capital cases receive different and less favorable constitutional treatment than other criminal or civil cases.

This article draws …