Title:
Death penalty stories / edited by John H. Blume and Jordan M. Steiker.
Author:
Blume, John H.
Steiker, Jordan M.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Thomson Reuters/Foundation Press, 2009.
Call Number:
KF9227.C2 D425 2009
Abstract:
"This title offers detailed accounts of the most important capital cases in American law. In addition to comprehensive coverage of the canonical cases such as Furman v. Georgia, Gregg v. Georgia, Penry v. Lynaugh, Payne v. Tennessee, and McCleskey v. Kemp, the volume also presents in-depth accounts of cases involving core capital issues, including representation, protections for the innocent, proportionality limits, execution methods, the problem of volunteers, and the guarantee of heightened reliability"--Publisher description.
ISBN:
9781599413433
Series:
Stories series
Stories series.
Physical Description:
vii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
General Note:
"This title offers detailed accounts of the most important capital cases in American law. In addition to comprehensive coverage of the canonical cases such as Furman v. Georgia, Gregg v. Georgia, Penry v. Lynaugh, Payne v. Tennessee, and McCleskey v. Kemp, the volume also presents in-depth accounts of cases involving core capital issues, including representation, protections for the innocent, proportionality limits, execution methods, the problem of volunteers, and the guarantee of heightened reliability."--Publisher description.
Contents:
When Willie Francis died : the "disturbing" story behind one of the eighth amendment's most enduring standards of risk / Furman v. Georgia : not an end, but a beginning / Gregg v. Georgia and allied cases : protecting the death penalty from abolition / Coker v. Georgia : of rape, race, and burying the past / Gilmore v. Utah : the persistent problem of "volunteers" / McCleskey v. Kemp : denial avoidance, and the legitimization of racial discrimination in the administration of the death penalty / Penry v. Lynaugh : the hazards of predicting the future / The story of Payne v. Tennessee : victims triumphant / Simmons v. South Carolina and the myth of early release / Bell v. Cone : the fatal consequences of incomplete failure / Roper v. Simmons : abolishing the death penalty for juvenile offenders in the wake of international consensus / House v. Bell and the death of innocence
