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Implicit Bias And Capital Decision-Making: Using Narrative To Counter Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels, Sean D. O'Brien, Kathleen Wayland
Implicit Bias And Capital Decision-Making: Using Narrative To Counter Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels, Sean D. O'Brien, Kathleen Wayland
Hofstra Law Review
The article presents practical advice for U.S. defense attorneys on the use of narratives to counter the prejudicial psychiatric labels that prosecutors invoke in capital punishment cases, and it mentions implicit bias and decision-making in law. Cognitive psychology is addressed, along with the use of stereotypes and labels such as psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder in order to generate fear. The admissibility of evidence is examined, along with expert evidence in America.
No Execution If Four Justices Object, Eric M. Freedman
No Execution If Four Justices Object, Eric M. Freedman
Hofstra Law Review
Under longstanding Supreme Court practice, a certiorari petition is granted if four Justices vote to do so. But such success may be of little value if the petitioner is a capital prisoner whose litigation adversary, the government, has chosen to set an execution date. Five votes are needed to stay an execution. In capital cases under warrant, then, a prisoner may be executed notwithstanding the decision of the Court to review his or her case.
This sometimes-fatal anomaly has for more than 30 years been the subject of frictions among the Justices, critical commentary by the profession, and visible and …
Introduction: The Past, Present, And Future Of Effective Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman
Introduction: The Past, Present, And Future Of Effective Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman
Hofstra Law Review
An introduction is presents in which the author discusses various reports within the journal on topics including advice for U.S. attorneys on how to effectively represent criminal defendants in capital punishment cases, prosecutorial decision making, and performance standards for U.S. lawyers.
The Aba Guidelines: A Historical Perspective, Russell Stetler, Aurélie Tabuteau
The Aba Guidelines: A Historical Perspective, Russell Stetler, Aurélie Tabuteau
Hofstra Law Review
This paper explains how the standards of practice in the development of mitigating evidence -- a core component of capital defense practice -- evolved from the reinstatement of the U.S. death penalty in the 1970s to the publication of the original edition of the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases in 1989.
Improving State Capital Counsel Systems Through Use Of The Aba Guidelines, Robin M. Maher
Improving State Capital Counsel Systems Through Use Of The Aba Guidelines, Robin M. Maher
Hofstra Law Review
The article discusses the reported efforts to improve state capital punishment counsel systems through the use of the American Bar Association's (ABA's) "Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases" which have apparently been adopted by every active death penalty jurisdiction in the U.S. as of March 2014. America's criminal justice system and ineffective assistance of counsel claims in the U.S. are mentioned, along with various state supreme courts.
Motivation Matters: Guidelines 10.13 And Other Mechanisms For Preventing Lawyers From Surrendering To Self-Interest In Responding To Allegations Of Ineffective Assistance In Death Penalty Cases, Tigran W. Eldred
Hofstra Law Review
Defense lawyers whose clients are sentenced to death are virtually guaranteed to be accused of ineffective assistance of counsel. The question is how they will respond. On one hand, lawyers alleged to be ineffective are obligated under Guideline 10.13 of the American Bar Association’s Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases to continue to safeguard the interests of their former clients, a duty that includes full cooperation in appropriate legal strategies chosen to pursue the ineffectiveness claim. On the other hand, lawyers who are accused of ineffectiveness often react defensively to the allegation, reflexively …
Deconstructing Antisocial Personality Disorder And Psychopathy: A Guidelines-Based Approach To Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels, Kathleen Wayland, Sean D. O'Brien
Deconstructing Antisocial Personality Disorder And Psychopathy: A Guidelines-Based Approach To Prejudicial Psychiatric Labels, Kathleen Wayland, Sean D. O'Brien
Hofstra Law Review
Prejudicial psychiatric labels such as antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy have an inherently prejudicial effect on courts and juries, particularly in cases involving the death penalty. This article explains how and why these labels are inherently aggravating, and also discusses the mental health literature indicating that they are subjective, unreliable and non-scientific. The authors conclude that no competent defense lawyer would pursue a mitigation case based on such a damaging and scientifically questionable psychiatric label. Further, a proper life history investigation conducted in accordance with the ABA Guidelines on the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases …
The Continuing Duty Then And Now, David M. Siegel
The Continuing Duty Then And Now, David M. Siegel
Hofstra Law Review
The “new” recognition in the American Bar Association’s 2003 Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases of a continuing duty on the part of defense counsel to safeguard the interests of former clients by facilitating the work of successor counsel was essential to implementing post-conviction review of the effectiveness of their representation – but it was not unprecedented. Over a century before lawyers, often in capital cases, had been discharging just such a continuing duty to former clients and the article traces these historical antecedents. Making the duty in ABA Guideline 10.13 real, however, …
Sudden Death: A Federal Trial Judge's Reflections On The Aba Guidelines For The Appointment And Performance Of Defense Counsel In Death Penalty Cases, Mark W. Bennett
Sudden Death: A Federal Trial Judge's Reflections On The Aba Guidelines For The Appointment And Performance Of Defense Counsel In Death Penalty Cases, Mark W. Bennett
Hofstra Law Review
An experienced federal district judged discuss the role of the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases. This includes his personal experiences from two lengthy federal death penalty trials where both defendants received the death penalty. The Guidelines were even more crucial in a 18 trial day, 28 U.S.C. 2255 proceeding, where the judge granted an new penalty phase re-trial based, in part, on significant ineffective assistance of counsel for many violations of the Guidelines and the 6th Amendment. It is a sad narrative of what can go wrong when the Guidelines are not …
Introduction: The Continuing Quest For High-Quality Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman
Introduction: The Continuing Quest For High-Quality Defense Representation In Capital Cases, Eric M. Freedman
Hofstra Law Review
An introduction is presented in which the author discusses various reports within the issue on topics including the American Bar Association's "Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases" publication, ineffective assistance of counsel, and psychopathy.