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How Administrative Law Halted The Death Penalty In Maryland , Arnold Rochvarg
How Administrative Law Halted The Death Penalty In Maryland , Arnold Rochvarg
Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary
Numerous arguments have been raised to halt the death penalty, including constitutional claims such as ineffective assistance of counsel, equal protection, right to trial by jury, and cruel and unusual punishment. The winning argument, however, in Evans v. State, a Maryland death penalty appeal, was based not on constitutional or criminal law, but rather Administrative Law. A death row inmate attacked the validity of the procedures for administering lethal injection capital punishment because the Maryland Department of Corrections had not followed the proper statutory procedures for adopting the regulation which set forth the capital punishment process. In order for a …
Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Thompson V. Oklahoma: Debating The Constitutionality Of Juvenile Executions, Susan M. Simmons
Pepperdine Law Review
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