01491nam a2200289Ia 4500 310880 OCoLC 20160527190413.0 120918s2013 mnu 001 0 eng d 9780314279569 0314279563 (OCoLC)810257515 PUCPR cicg KF 9227.C2 S772 2013 Streib, Victor L. 175050 Local Death penalty in a nutshell by Victor Streib. Death penalty 4th ed. St. Paul, MN West c2013. xxii, 319 p. 19 cm. West nutshell series 188353 Local Includes index. History and evolution -- Arguments for and against the death penalty -- Basic constitutional challenges and limitations -- Constitutional parameters of the current era death penalty -- Defining capital crimes -- Aggravating and mitigating circumstances -- Special defenses -- Overview of arrest through execution -- Jury selection and role of jurors -- Guilt stage of trial process -- Sentencing stage of trial process -- Appeals process -- Post-conviction challenges -- Clemency and execution proceedings -- Assistance of defense counsel -- Race, gender and other biases -- Executing the innocent -- Foreign and international law issues -- Postscript Future of the death penalty. Capital punishment United States. 68964 Local Nutshell series. 228913 228913 0 0 lc 0 KF_9227_000000000000000_C2_S772_2013 0 cil 114324 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Thomson West 39.00 499557 0 KF 9227.C2 S772 2013 70000000894682 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:310880 6