Capital Punishment of Unintentional Felony Murder

Under the prevailing interpretation of the Eighth Amendment in the lower courts, a defendant who causes a death inadvertently in the course of a felony is eligible for capital punishment. This unfortunate interpretation rests on an unduly mechanical reading of the Supreme Court’s decisions in Enmund...

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Beteiligte: Weisberg, Robert ; Fissell, Brenner
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In:Jahr: 2017
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