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Author : Nina Rivkind
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 892 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cases and Materials on the Death Penalty written by Nina Rivkind and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 892 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Burt M. Henson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780531112854
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (128 download)
Download or read book Furman V. Georgia written by Burt M. Henson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of capital punishment, explains the United States Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia, and explores the impact of this case.
Author : Professor Kenneth Williams
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409497933
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Most Deserving of Death? written by Professor Kenneth Williams and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-02-28 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of capital punishment in America has been criticised by those for and against the death penalty, by the judiciary, academics, the media and by prison personnel. This book demonstrates that it is the inconsistent and often incoherent jurisprudence of the United States Supreme Court which accounts for a system so lacking in public confidence. Using case studies, Kenneth Williams examines issues such as jury selection, ineffective assistance of counsel, the role of race and claims of innocence which affect the Court's decisions and how these decisions are played out in the lower courts, often an inmate's last recourse before execution. Discussing international treaties and their lack of impact on capital punishment in America, this book has international appeal and makes an important contribution to legal scholarship. It also provides a unique understanding of the dynamics of an alarmingly problematic system and will be valuable to those interested in human rights and criminal justice.
Author : Scott Vollum
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317521560
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book The Death Penalty written by Scott Vollum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Death Penalty, Third Edition, brings together all the legal issues related to the death penalty and provides case briefs for the most important United States Supreme Court death penalty cases. No other book available brings together a discussion of the major constitutional issues surrounding the death penalty with a broad array of associated case briefs. The authors classify cases according to legal issues and provide a commentary on the various sub-topics, presenting legal materials in an easily understood form. Though the primary audiences of the book are undergraduates in criminal justice programs and practitioners in the corrections and justice systems, the book will also prove useful to anyone who has an interest in the death penalty, the criminal justice system, or the United States Constitution. Every chapter starts with commentaries regarding general case law in a sub-topic, such as aggravating and mitigating factors, followed by a chart of the cases briefed in the chapter, and then the case briefs. These case briefs acquaint the reader with Supreme Court cases by summarizing facts, issues, reasons, and holdings. The Death Penalty, Third Edition , is a succinct, trusted guide to the law of capital punishment in the United States.
Author : Howard W. Allen
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791478343
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Race, Class, and the Death Penalty written by Howard W. Allen and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history.
Author : Evan J. Mandery
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393239586
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)
Download or read book A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America written by Evan J. Mandery and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice Drawing on never-before-published original source detail, the epic story of two of the most consequential, and largely forgotten, moments in Supreme Court history. For two hundred years, the constitutionality of capital punishment had been axiomatic. But in 1962, Justice Arthur Goldberg and his clerk Alan Dershowitz dared to suggest otherwise, launching an underfunded band of civil rights attorneys on a quixotic crusade. In 1972, in a most unlikely victory, the Supreme Court struck down Georgia’s death penalty law in Furman v. Georgia. Though the decision had sharply divided the justices, nearly everyone, including the justices themselves, believed Furman would mean the end of executions in America. Instead, states responded with a swift and decisive showing of support for capital punishment. As anxiety about crime rose and public approval of the Supreme Court declined, the stage was set in 1976 for Gregg v. Georgia, in which the Court dramatically reversed direction. A Wild Justice is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the Court, the justices, and the political complexities of one of the most racially charged and morally vexing issues of our time.
Author : Barry Latzer
Publisher : Gulf Professional Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780750675949
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (759 download)
Download or read book Death Penalty Cases written by Barry Latzer and published by Gulf Professional Publishing. This book was released on 2002-11-15 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Penalty Cases provides an unbiased collection of seminal death penalty cases in the United States. It offers full but carefully edited excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases along with helpful introductory materials specially prepared by the editor. It also includes the latest statistical data on capital punishment [and a useful sampling of death penalty statutes]. Together, this material is invaluable for a full understanding of this fascinating subject. Without taking sides on this controversial issue, the author illuminates the arguments and presents the cases that form the framework for US law on capital punishment. The keen selection of the material and the quality and extent of the commentary make this unique textbook a superb resource and an outstanding educational tool. * Carefully edited excerpts from 25 landmark US Supreme Court cases * Outstanding original interpretation and analysis from the author * A wealth of impartial material on ethics and historical controversies
Author : Brandon Garrett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634603218
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Death Penalty written by Brandon Garrett and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Softbound - New, softbound print book.
Author : David Von Drehle
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472026984
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Among the Lowest of the Dead written by David Von Drehle and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-06-04 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thorough and unbiased, Among the Lowest of the Dead is a gripping narrative that provides an unprecedented journalistic look into the actual workings of the capital punishment system. "Has all the tension of the best true crime stories . . . This is journalism at its best." --Library Journal "A compelling argument against capital punishment. . . . Examining politicians, judges (including Supreme Court Justices), prosecutors, defense attorneys and the condemned themselves, the author makes an effective case that, despite new laws, execution is no less a lottery than it has always been." --Publishers Weekly "In a fine and important book, Von Drehle writes elegantly and powerfully. . . . Anyone certain of their opinion about the death penalty ought to read this book." -- Booklist "An extremely well-informed and richly insightful book of great value to students of the death penalty as well as intelligent general readers with a serious interest in the subject, Among the Lowest of the Dead is also exciting reading. The book is an ideal guide for new generations of readers who want to form knowledgeable judgments in the continuing--and recently accelerating--controversies about capital punishment." --Anthony Amsterdam, New York University "Among the Lowest of the Dead is a powerfully written and meticulously researched book that makes an invaluable contribution to the growing public dialogue about capital punishment in America. It's one of those rare books that bridges the gap between mass audiences and scholarly disciplines, the latter including sociology, political science, criminology and journalism. The book is required reading in my Investigative Journalism classes--and my students love it!" --David Protess, Northwestern University "Among The Lowest of the Dead deserves a permanent place in the literature as literature, and is most relevant to today's death penalty debate as we moderate advocates and abolitionists search for common ground." --Robert Blecker, New York Law School David Von Drehle is Senior Writer, The Washington Post and author of Triangle: The Fire that Changed America.
Author : Barry Latzer
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780123820259
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Death Penalty Cases written by Barry Latzer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2010-10-27 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Penalty Cases presents significant verbatim excerpts of death-penalty decisions from the United States Supreme Court. The first chapter introduces the topics discussed throughout the book. It also includes a detailed history of the death penalty in the United States. After this introduction, the remaining eighteen chapters are divided into five parts: Foundational Cases, Death-Eligible Crimes and Persons, The Death Penalty Trial, Post-Conviction Review, and Execution Issues. The first part, consisting of five chapters, talks about the mandatory death penalty, mitigating evidence and racial bias. The next part covers death-eligible crimes, such as rape and other crimes that do not involve homicide and murder. The middle part presents the trial process, from choosing the appropriate decision-makers through the sentencing decision. Followed by this is a chapter focusing on the aftermath of conviction, such as claims of innocence. The book concludes by exploring issues related to execution, such as not executing insane convicts. Finally, execution methods are presented. Provides the most recent case material--no need to supplement Topical organization of cases provides a more logical organization for structuring a course Co-authors with different perspectives on the death penalty assures complete impartiality of the material Provides the necessary historical background, a clear explanation of the current capital case process, and an impartial description of the controversies surrounding the death penalty Provides the latest statistics relevant to discussions on the death penalty Clearly explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases, with excerpts of the most relevant statutes
Author : Barry Latzer
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780123820242
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Death Penalty Cases written by Barry Latzer and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource on the death penalty. It contains various cases, including Kennedy v Louisiana, prohibiting the death penalty for child rapists, and Baze v Rees, upholding execution by lethal injection. It explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases, with excerpts of the most relevant statutes.
Author : Maurice Chammah
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1524760285
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Let the Lord Sort Them written by Maurice Chammah and published by Crown. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A deeply reported, searingly honest portrait of the death penalty in Texas—and what it tells us about crime and punishment in America “If you’re one of those people who despair that nothing changes, and dream that something can, this is a story of how it does.”—Anand Giridharadas, The New York Times Book Review WINNER OF THE J. ANTHONY LUKAS AWARD In 1972, the United States Supreme Court made a surprising ruling: the country’s death penalty system violated the Constitution. The backlash was swift, especially in Texas, where executions were considered part of the cultural fabric, and a dark history of lynching was masked by gauzy visions of a tough-on-crime frontier. When executions resumed, Texas quickly became the nationwide leader in carrying out the punishment. Then, amid a larger wave of criminal justice reform, came the death penalty’s decline, a trend so durable that even in Texas the punishment appears again close to extinction. In Let the Lord Sort Them, Maurice Chammah charts the rise and fall of capital punishment through the eyes of those it touched. We meet Elsa Alcala, the orphaned daughter of a Mexican American family who found her calling as a prosecutor in the nation’s death penalty capital, before becoming a judge on the state’s highest court. We meet Danalynn Recer, a lawyer who became obsessively devoted to unearthing the life stories of men who committed terrible crimes, and fought for mercy in courtrooms across the state. We meet death row prisoners—many of them once-famous figures like Henry Lee Lucas, Gary Graham, and Karla Faye Tucker—along with their families and the families of their victims. And we meet the executioners, who struggle openly with what society has asked them to do. In tracing these interconnected lives against the rise of mass incarceration in Texas and the country as a whole, Chammah explores what the persistence of the death penalty tells us about forgiveness and retribution, fairness and justice, history and myth. Written with intimacy and grace, Let the Lord Sort Them is the definitive portrait of a particularly American institution.
Author : Rolando V. del Carmen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1437755704
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (377 download)
Download or read book The Death Penalty written by Rolando V. del Carmen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together the major death penalty cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and the legal issues related to the death penalty, this text classifies the cases according to legal issues, provides commentary on the general case law, provides a chart of the cases discussed, and then presents the legal materials in an understandable, easy-to-digest case brief format. Each chapter includes an outline; briefs for cases that include facts, holding, reasoning and opinions; summary and conclusions; and internet resources.
Author : Evan J. Mandery
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN 13 : 9780763733087
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Capital Punishment written by Evan J. Mandery and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2005 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative, comprehensive overview of capital punishment. This book offers an objective, policy-oriented examination of the death penalty as practiced in the United States.
Author : Stephen P. Garvey
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780822330431
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Beyond Repair? written by Stephen P. Garvey and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can the death penalty be administered in a just way - without executing the innocent, without regard to race, and without arbitrariness? All new, the essays in this collection focus on the period since 1976.
Author : Carol S. Steiker
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674737423
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (747 download)
Download or read book Courting Death written by Carol S. Steiker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refusing to eradicate the death penalty, the U.S. has attempted to reform and rationalize capital punishment through federal constitutional law. While execution chambers remain active in several states, Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker argue that the fate of the American death penalty is likely to be sealed by this failed judicial experiment.
Author : Lynn S. Branham
Publisher : West Academic Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 966 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cases and Materials on the Law and Policy of Sentencing and Corrections written by Lynn S. Branham and published by West Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 966 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is designed not only to transmit knowledge about existing law and policies, but also to provoke thought, discussion, and debate about the law and policies. Contains cases, statutes, sentencing guidelines, model standards, proposals for reform, article and book excerpts, and problems.
