The United States Supreme Court and the death penalty: The struggle for fairness
In the ten years since Furman v. Georgia , the United States has recognized the right of states to adopt and follow different capital sentencing schemes so long as they protect the defendant from arbitrary and capricious imposing of the death sentence. The sentence may not be disproportionate to the...
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1986
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American journal of criminal justice
Year: 1986, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 178-204 |
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