Streib, Victor L. <br/><br/>
Death penalty  in a nutshell 
by Victor L. Streib. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - St. Paul, MN  Thomson/West  c2005. 
 - xxiii, 309 p.  19 cm. 
 - West nutshell series .
 - Nutshell series. .
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/> PART I. BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT --  History and evolution --  Arguments for and against the death penalty --  Basic constitutional challenges and limitations --  Constitutional parameters of the current era death penalty --  PART II. SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW ISSUES --  Defining capital crimes --  Aggravating and mitigating circumstances --  Special defenses --  PART III: TRIAL-LEVEL PROCEDURAL ISSUES --  Overview of arrest through execution --  Jury selection and role of jurors --  Guilt stage of trial process --  Sentencing stage of trial process --  PART IV: POST-TRIAL PROCEDURAL ISSUES --  Appeals process --  Post-conviction challenges --  Clemency and execution proceedings --  PART V: SPECIAL DEATH PENALTY ISSUES --  Assistance of defense counsel --  Race, gender, and other biases --  Executing the innocent --  Foreign and international law issues --  Future of the death penalty. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0314158839 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005279482 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capital punishment--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF 9227.C2  / S772 2005