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2018

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Lockett Symposium: Recollections On The Lockett Case In The U.S. Supreme Court, Joel Berger Nov 2018

Lockett Symposium: Recollections On The Lockett Case In The U.S. Supreme Court, Joel Berger

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Recollections of an NAACP Legal Defense Fund attorney who worked with Professor Amsterdam on the Lockett case.


Lockett Symposium: Reflections On The Sandra Lockett Case, Peggy Cooper Davis Oct 2018

Lockett Symposium: Reflections On The Sandra Lockett Case, Peggy Cooper Davis

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Professor Davis, who was one of the lawyers handling Sandra Lockett’s Supreme Court case, describes Ms. Lockett's courage under threat of execution and explains why principles of respect for human dignity should have forbidden placing her in that horrifying position.