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Defending Categorical Exemptions To The Death Penalty: Reflections On The Aba’S Resolutions Concerning The Execution Of Juveniles And Persons With Mental Retardation, Carol Steiker, Jordan Steiker
Defending Categorical Exemptions To The Death Penalty: Reflections On The Aba’S Resolutions Concerning The Execution Of Juveniles And Persons With Mental Retardation, Carol Steiker, Jordan Steiker
Law and Contemporary Problems
Steiker and Steiker discuss the ABA's resolutions regarding the execution of juveniles and persons with mental retardation. The strongest legal case for the ABA's position requires a more nuanced argument than the ABA has advanced.
Recapturing The Spirit Of Furman: The American Bar Association And The New Abolitionist Politics, Austin Sarat
Recapturing The Spirit Of Furman: The American Bar Association And The New Abolitionist Politics, Austin Sarat
Law and Contemporary Problems
Sarat locates the American Bar Association's call for a moratorium on executions in the context of modern abolitionist politics. New abolitionism links anti-death penalty work with a broader civil rights agenda.
Moratorium On The Death Penalty For Juveniles, Victor L. Streib
Moratorium On The Death Penalty For Juveniles, Victor L. Streib
Law and Contemporary Problems
Streib offers a sketch of the sentences and actual executions in the juvenile death penalty system for the past quarter-century. The ABA's moratorium calls for the complete prevention of the execution of offenders under age 18 at the time of their crimes.
Appendix: American Bar Association Resolution
Appendix: American Bar Association Resolution
Law and Contemporary Problems
The ABA's resolution and report regarding its moratorium on capital punishment is offered.
Eighth Amendment Meanings From The Aba’S Moratorium Resolution, Louis D. Bilionis
Eighth Amendment Meanings From The Aba’S Moratorium Resolution, Louis D. Bilionis
Law and Contemporary Problems
Bilionis argues that the American Bar Association's moratorium resolution on capital punishment doesn't challenge the capacity of the Eighth Amendment.
The Execution Of The Innocent, Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau
The Execution Of The Innocent, Michael L. Radelet, Hugo Adam Bedau
Law and Contemporary Problems
Radelet and Bedau discuss the continuing and regular incidence of American trial courts sentencing innocent defendants to death, which was one of the problems that gave rise to the ABA's moratorium on capital punishment.