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Discretion In Capital Sentencing Instructions: Guided Or Misguided?, James Luginbuhl, Julie Howe
Discretion In Capital Sentencing Instructions: Guided Or Misguided?, James Luginbuhl, Julie Howe
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: The Capital Jury Project
Where's The Buck?: Juror Misperception Of Sentencing Responsibility In Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann
Where's The Buck?: Juror Misperception Of Sentencing Responsibility In Death Penalty Cases, Joseph L. Hoffmann
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: The Capital Jury Project
The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers
The Capital Jury Project: Rationale, Design, And Preview Of Early Findings, William J. Bowers
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: The Capital Jury Project
Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney
Taking Capital Jurors Seriously, Craig Haney
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: The Capital Jury Project
Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys
Cross-Overs-Capital Jurors Who Change Their Minds About The Punishment: A Litmus Test For Sentencing Guidelines, Marla Sandys
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: The Capital Jury Project
Foreigners On Texas's Death Row And The Right Of Access To A Consul Symposium - Human Rights In The Americas., S. Adele Shank, John Quigley
Foreigners On Texas's Death Row And The Right Of Access To A Consul Symposium - Human Rights In The Americas., S. Adele Shank, John Quigley
St. Mary's Law Journal
Foreign nationals arrested in the United States confront the disadvantage of mounting a criminal defense in several ways. In most cases, they are unfamiliar with U.S. customs, police policies, and criminal proceedings. Although U.S. courts strive to prevent bias against accused based on alienage, discrimination does occur. To minimize the disadvantages experienced by accused foreigners, international law guarantees the right of consular access. Under internationally accepted norms applicable in the United States, an accused foreigner is entitled to contact his home-state consult office for assistance. Furthermore, mere involvement of a consul may encourage local government to follow procedural norms and …
Comparative Proportionality Review: Will The Ends, Will The Means , Bruce Gilbert
Comparative Proportionality Review: Will The Ends, Will The Means , Bruce Gilbert
Seattle University Law Review
This Comment attempts to achieve several objectives. Part II discusses the reasons that the death penalty was found to be unconstitutional in Furman v. Georgia. Part III reviews several post-Furman Supreme Court cases and the revised death penalty statutes that were deemed to satisfy the procedural inadequacies found in pre-Furman death sentence statutes. This Part also discusses the role proportionality review plays in making a death penalty statute constitutional. Part IV examines the development of comparative proportionality review in the State of Washington. State v. Benn will serve as the focus of this discussion. Part V demonstrates that Washington's application …