01638nam a2200253Ia 4500 275486 20160527194852.0 050718s2005 mnu 001 0 eng 2005279482 0314158839 (pbk. : alk. paper) PUCPR cicg KF 9227.C2 S772 2005 Streib, Victor L. Local 175050 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 Local 188353 Includes index. 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. Capital punishment United States. Local 68964 Nutshell series. 197630 197630 0 0 lc 0 KF_9227_000000000000000_C2_S772_2005 0 ci 252856 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Thomson / West 24.50 392579 0 KF 9227.C2 S772 2005 70000000766944 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:275486 6