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Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney Oct 1995

Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project

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How Juries Decide Death: The Contributions Of The Capital Jury Project, Valerie P. Hans Oct 1995

How Juries Decide Death: The Contributions Of The Capital Jury Project, Valerie P. Hans

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project

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Should Juries And The Death Penalty Mix?: A Prediction About The Supreme Court's Answer, Christopher Slobogin Oct 1995

Should Juries And The Death Penalty Mix?: A Prediction About The Supreme Court's Answer, Christopher Slobogin

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project

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The Capital Jury Project: The Role Of Responsibility And How Psychology Can Inform The Law, Steven J. Sherman Oct 1995

The Capital Jury Project: The Role Of Responsibility And How Psychology Can Inform The Law, Steven J. Sherman

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project

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The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers Oct 1995

The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers

Indiana Law Journal

Symposium: The Capital Jury Project

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The Romance Of Revenge: An Alternative History Of Jeffrey Dahmer's Trial, Samuel R. Gross Jan 1995

The Romance Of Revenge: An Alternative History Of Jeffrey Dahmer's Trial, Samuel R. Gross

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On Feb. 17, 1992, Jeffrey Dahmer was sentenced to fifteen consecutive terms of life imprisonment for killing and dismembering fifteen young men and boys. Dahmer had been arrested six months earlier, on July 22, 1991. On Jan. 13 he pled guilty to the fifteen murder counts against him, leaving open only the issue of his sanity. Jury selection began two weeks later, and the trial proper started on Jan. 30. The jury heard two weeks of horrifying testimony about murder, mutilation and necrophilia; they deliberated for five hours before finding that Dahmer was sane when he committed thos crimes. After …

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