Understanding capital punishment
By: Linda E. Carter, Ellen S. Kreitzberg, Scott Howe.
Contributors: Kreitzberg, Ellen.; Howe, Scott.; Carter, Linda E.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: LexisNexis Matthew Bender
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Newark, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9781422423868
Subjects: Capital punishment -- United States
Notes: Rev. ed of: Understanding capital punishment law. c2004.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to capital punishment law; title: The death penalty debate; title: Sources of law; title: Challenges to the constitutionality of the death penalty; title: Legal challenges to methods of execution; title: Modern death penalty statutes; title: The death penalty trial; title: Overview of categorical bars to the death penalty; title: Overview of aggravati; title: Aggravating circumstances: eligibility of the case for the death penalty; title: Aggravating evidence and the selection decision; title: Selection process: mitigation; title: Selection process: the life or death decision; title: Direct appeals; title: Post conviction proceedings: the writ of habeas corpus; title: Ineffective assistance of counsel; title: Innocence; title: Clemency; title: Death row issues: insanity and death row phenomenon; title: Race and the death penalty; title: Gender bias and the death penalty; title: Volunteers: defendants who want to die; title: International treaty rights and the use of foreign law in death penalty cases; title: The federal death penalty; title: Future issues in capital punishment law.