A continuing conflict-a history of capital punishment in the United States -- Supreme Court rulings-constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection, and sentencing procedures -- Supreme Court rulings-circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods -- Supreme Court rulings-mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases -- Death penalty laws: state, federal, and U.S. military -- Statistics: death sentences, capital case costs, and executions -- Issues of fairness: racial bias and quality of legal representation -- Exonerations, moratoriums,and reforms -- Public attitudes toward capital punishment -- Capital punishment around the world -- The debate-capital punishment should be maintained -- The debate-capital punishment should be abolished.
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