Life or death: what factors impact the decision?

Death penalty cases are among the more controversial and costly. There are numerous factors that may influence a prosecutor’s decision to seek the death penalty in a capital murder case. This study considers offender demographics, district attorney characteristics, victim characteristics, local poli...

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Authors: Pollock, Wendi K. (Author) ; Johnson, Andrew F. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2021, Volume: 75, Issue: 2, Pages: 119-139
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Todesstrafe
Entscheidung
Motivation
Opfer
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