Capital Punishment: A Documentary and Reference Guide

Author David L. Hudson Jr.

Publisher Greenwood Publishing Group

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Author

David L. Hudson Jr.

Publisher

Greenwood Publishing Group

Volume

Copyright

2022

ISBN13

9781440875786

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eBook

Grade Level

College Freshman - College Senior

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Readers' Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars.
Preface.
Introduction.
Early History of the Death Penalty.
1: John Stuart Mill Defends Capital Punishment.
2: Supreme Court Finds Death by Shooting Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
3: Supreme Court Rules Electrocution Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
4: Supreme Court Approves Death by Hanging.
5: Supreme Court Fails to Find Racial Discrimination in Mississippi All-White Juries.
6: Supreme Court Rejects Death Row Inmate's Due Process Challenge.
Rising Usage of—and Opposition to—The Death Penalty.
7: Supreme Court Rejects Pink Franklin's Constitutional Challenges to Jim Crow Law.
8: Supreme Court Rules Criminal Defendants Have the Constitutional Right to Counsel.
9: Supreme Court Confirms Constitutional Protections for Suspects in Capital Crimes.
10: Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence on Perjury Grounds.
11: Justice Goldberg Issues Dissent Questioning the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty.
12: Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence on “Knowing Waiver of Rights” Grounds.
The Supreme Court Abolishes—and Subsequently Reinstates—Capital Punishment.
13: Justice Stewart Questions Arbitrary Quality of Death Penalty Sentences.
14: President Nixon Reaffirms Support for the Death Penalty.
15: Supreme Court Finds Death Penalty Constitutional Four Years after Furman.
16: Supreme Court Allows Convicted Murderer to Pursue His Own Death via Capital Punishment.
17: Supreme Court Rules Defendant Convicted of Rape Cannot Be Executed.
18: Supreme Court Invalidates Ohio's Death Penalty Law on “Mitigating Evidence” Grounds.
19: Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Sentence of 16-Year-Old on Mitigating Evidence Grounds.
20: Supreme Court Sets Standard for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims in Death Penalty Cases.
21: Supreme
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