Author: Abraham Clark FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executions (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
A Treatise on the Law of Executions in Civil Cases
Author: Abraham Clark FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executions (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
A Treatise on the Law of Executions in Civil Cases, and of Proceedings in Aid and Restraint Thereof
Author: Abraham Clark FreemanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Executions (Law)
Languages : en
Pages : 812
Book Description
Death Penalty Cases
Author: Barry LatzerPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0123820251
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 457
Book Description
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
A Treatise on the Law of Executions in Civil Cases, and of Proceedings in Aid and Restraint Thereof
Author: Abraham Clark FreemanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368724738
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 962
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
Litigating in the Shadow of Death
Author: Welsh S. WhitePublisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047206911X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
An absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, Litigating in the Shadow of Death brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. Author Welsh White explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.
Civil Procedure in Sweden
Author: A BruzeliusPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004633820
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 575
Book Description
The Case Against the Death Penalty
Author: Hugo Adam BedauPublisher:
ISBN: 9780914031017
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Treatise on the Law of Executions
Author: Henry Morrison HermanPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385371686
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 898
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.
The Death Penalty
Author: Scott VollumPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317521560
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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.
The Wagstaffe Group Practice Guide
Author: James M. WagstaffePublisher:
ISBN: 9781522115922
Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description