How to Assess the Real World Application of a Capital Sentencing Statute: A Response to Professor Flanders’s Comment

In assessing the constitutionality of a capital sentencing regime, the raw number of aggravating factors is irrelevant. What matters is their scope. To pass constitutional muster, aggravating factors (or the equivalent) must narrow the scope of death eligibility to the worst-of-the-worst. Professor...

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Main Author: Mills, John (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: 2017
In:Year: 2017
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