Previous edition published under title: Death penalty. Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-382) and index.
Contents:
Part I. General considerations -- The common law and capital punishment -- The Eighth Amendment and Furman v. Georgia -- Double jeopardy and ex post facto -- Right to counsel and right to remain silent -- Capital felon's defense team -- Part II. Initiating capital prosecutions -- Charging discretion of a prosecutor -- Capital murder charging instruments -- Death penalty notice requirements -- Prosecuting a nontriggerman -- Foreign nationals and capital punishment -- Part III. Court proceedings -- Death-eligible offenses -- Determining guilt before penalty phase hearing -- Structure and nature of penalty phase -- Statutory aggravating circumstances -- Mitigating circumstances -- Penalty phase burden of proof -- Part. IV Post-conviction proceedings -- Automatic appellate review of death sentence -- Habeas corpus, coram nobis and section 1983 proceedings -- The Innocence Protection Act and post-conviction DNA testing -- Challenging death sentence under racial justice acts -- Part V. Laws related to execution -- Barriers to execution -- Death row -- Witnessing an execution -- Execution methods and corpse disposal -- Part VI. Other capital punishment issues -- Military death penalty laws -- Native Americans and capital punishment -- Inhabited American territories and capital punishment -- The costs of capital punishment.
Summary:
"This new edition includes 13 new chapters. Areas covered by some of the new chapters include Capital felon's defense team; Habeas corpus, coram nobis and section 1983 proceedings; the Innocence protection act and post-conviction DNA testing; Challenging the death sentence under racial justice acts; Inhabited American territories and capital punishment; and the Costs of capital punishment"-- Provided by publisher.
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