The death penalty
Subtitle: constitutional issues, commentary, and case briefs
By: Rolando V. del Carmen ... [et al.].
Contributors: Del Carmen, Rolando V.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781593455750
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The death penalty : past and present; title: The foundation cases : Furman v. Georgia and Gregg v. Georgia; title: Racial discrimination and the death penalty; title: The mentally impaired and the deathpenalty; title: Death penalty for juveniles; title: Juries, jurors, and the death penalty; title: The right to effective assistance of counsel and the death penalty; title: Due process and the death penalty; title: Aggravating and mitigating factors in death penalty cases; title: Appeals, habeas corpus, and the death penalty; title: Evolving standards of decency and the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment; title: Other issues, trends, and the future of the death penalty.