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Review Essay: Feminism, Lawyering, And Death Row, Joan W. Howarth Jan 1992

Review Essay: Feminism, Lawyering, And Death Row, Joan W. Howarth

Scholarly Works

Representing men on death row is confounding, but not without reward. This lawyering work has taught me at least two lessons, the subjects of this essay. First, capital punishment--our attempt to use legal procedures to kill people fairly--is a feminist issue, or should be. Second, death row representation is too big a job for lawyers; we need to recruit poets. To develop these ideas, and perhaps to convince you without requiring you to undertake the same path to these conclusions, I am appropriating novelist Beverly Lowry's stunning new book, Crossed Over: A Murder, A Memoir. Crossed Over is the story …


Lethal Fiction: The Meaning Of "Counsel" In The Sixth Amendment , Bruce A. Green Jan 1992

Lethal Fiction: The Meaning Of "Counsel" In The Sixth Amendment , Bruce A. Green

Faculty Scholarship

Charles Bell, Donald Paradis, and Shirley Tyler were tried in different states for murder. Each was convicted and sentenced to death. Charles Bell was represented at trial by a recent law school graduate who had never before tried a criminal case to completion. Donald Paradis's lawyer had passed the bar exam six months earlier, had never previously represented a criminal accused, and had not elected courses in criminal law, criminal procedure, or trial advocacy while in law school. Shirley Tyler's trial lawyer was also a member of the bar for only a few months. He had defended one previous assault …


Death-Innocence And The Law Of Habeas Corpus, Stephen P. Garvey Jan 1992

Death-Innocence And The Law Of Habeas Corpus, Stephen P. Garvey

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

The legal space between a sentence of death and the execution chamber is occupied by an intricate network of procedural rules. On average, it currently takes between six and seven years to traverse this space, but this interval is expected to shrink. Federal habeas corpus, an important part of this space, is studded more and more with procedural obstacles that bar the federal courts from entertaining the merits of a defendant's claims. By design, these barriers foreclose federal review in order to protect the state's interests in the finality of its criminal convictions, as well as to display healthy respect …


Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1991

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jul 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr. May 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr. May 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Lecture At Uva Law School, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Mar 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Lecture At Uva Law School, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Mar 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Bill Texts, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Bill Texts, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Capital Punishment Data, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Capital Punishment Data, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Printed Materials, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1990

Habeas Corpus Committee - Printed Materials, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Human Rights V. Extradition: The Soering Case, Stephan Breitenmoser, Gunter E. Wilms Jan 1990

Human Rights V. Extradition: The Soering Case, Stephan Breitenmoser, Gunter E. Wilms

Michigan Journal of International Law

The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms is widely regarded as the most dynamic and effective of the various international human rights instruments. Its impact on the judiciary of the twenty-three Western European Member States, as well as its pace-setting role for other international mechanisms for the protection of human rights, has recently been confirmed by the unanimous judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Soering v. United Kingdom. In its judgment delivered on July 7, 1989, the Court held that the United Kingdom would act in violation of article 3 of …


Note, The Death Penalty In Late Imperial, Modern, And Post-Tiananmen China, Alan W. Lepp Jan 1990

Note, The Death Penalty In Late Imperial, Modern, And Post-Tiananmen China, Alan W. Lepp

Michigan Journal of International Law

This paper seeks to explore the crucial determinants that shape the Chinese legal system's use of the death penalty. Why have the Chinese relied so heavily on execution as a form of sentencing? What factors and conditions account for the major changes in the frequency of China's use of the death penalty? What indigenous traditions are reflected in China's implementation of the death penalty? In order to inquire into the role and function of the legal system in affecting the severity of criminal punishment in China, this study will focus on only those death sentences carried out by the state …


Ex Post Facto Judicial Clarification Of A Vague Aggravating Circumstance In A Capital Punishment Statute, Kenneth S. Gallant Jan 1990

Ex Post Facto Judicial Clarification Of A Vague Aggravating Circumstance In A Capital Punishment Statute, Kenneth S. Gallant

Law Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Challenging The Death Penalty Under State Constitutions, James R. Acker, Elizabeth R. Walsh Oct 1989

Challenging The Death Penalty Under State Constitutions, James R. Acker, Elizabeth R. Walsh

Vanderbilt Law Review

Death penalty litigation that reaches the Supreme Court now causes at least as much consternation as hope among opponents of capital punishment. Simply not losing rights that once were considered secure can be tantamount to victory in capital cases decided by the Court,and few defendants and opponents of capital punishment expect much more. It was not always so. Hopes were once high that the Supreme Court, and the federal courts generally, would effectively bring an end to capital punishment in America.

That prospect is now remote, at best. Death row populations are sky rocketing and executions are on the rise. …


Habeas Corpus Committee - Press Briefing, Lewis F. Powell Jr Sep 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Press Briefing, Lewis F. Powell Jr

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jul 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Jul 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jun 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr. May 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Apr 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Feb 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Jan 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Meetings, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Meetings, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Others, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Others, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.


Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Jan 1989

Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Habeas Corpus Committee

No abstract provided.