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Enactment Of The Florida Death Penalty Statute, 1972: History And Analysis, Malcolm Stewart

Nova Law Review

On June 29, 1972, the United States Supreme Court issued its

landmark decision in Furman v. Georgia,1 vacating the death sentences

imposed upon capital defendants in Georgia and Texas.

Death Penalty, Craig S. Barnard

Nova Law Review

Capital sentencing law is an ever-changing specialized field governed by its own statutory process that in turn is shaped by strict, but evolving, constitutional requirements.

Capital Jury Selection In Florida And Texas - A Quantitative Distinction Without A Legally Qualitative Difference?, Judge Hugh D. Hayes

Nova Law Review

...punishment is justified on the grounds that wrong doing merits punishment.

The Constitutionality Of Imposing Death On A Felony-Murder Accomplice, Robert E. Tardif Jr.

Nova Law Review

The history of the death penalty in America has been marked by a continual and controversial struggle between two opposing forces.

Criminal Procedure, Gerald T. Bennett

Nova Law Review

The Florida Legislature addressed the right to trial by jury during the 1986 Legislative Session, passing legislation which applied the right to all cases in which imprisonment is a potential penalty, however short the imprisonment.

Eleventh Circuit Rejects Claim Of Florida Death Row Inmates: Ford V. Strickland., Valerie Shea

Nova Law Review

In Ford v. Strickland,issued January 7, 1983, a divided United

States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed the death

sentence of Alvin Bernard Ford, condemned for killing a Fort Lauderdale

police officer.

Toward A Legally And Medically Acceptable Definition Of Death, Cynthia L. Janov

Nova Law Review

Death may be defined as the absence of life." However, this type of

circular definition is only as concrete as the corollary term itself.

Death With Dignity And The Terminally Ill: The Need For Legislative Action Saz V. Perlmutter

Nova Law Review

The advances in the field of medical science during the past several decades have been significant.

Wrongful Death: Florida Still Requires "Live Birth" As Prerequisite To Recovery: Duncan V. Flynn

Nova Law Review

Morace C. Duncan brought an action for the wrongful death of his son, John Norris Duncan.