000			01842nam a2200265Ia 4500
001			278437
003			OCoLC
005			20160527195542.0
008			031212s2004 nju b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2003116527
020			_a0820551554
040			_aPUCPR
049			_acicg
050	0	0	_aKF 9227.C2 _bC36 2004
100	1		_aCarter, Linda E. _2Local _969935
245	1	0	_aUnderstanding capital punishment law _cby Linda E. Carter, Ellen Kreitzberg.
260			_aNewark, NJ _bLexisNexis _cc2004.
300			_a1 v. (various pagings) _c25 cm.
490	1		_aThe understanding series _2Local _9179047
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction to capital punishment law -- The death penalty debate -- Sources of the law -- Challenges to the constitutionality of the death penalty -- Methods of execution -- Modern death penalty statutes -- The death penalty trial -- Categorical bars to the death penalty -- Overview of aggravating evidence: the eligibility function and the selection function -- Aggravating circumstances: eligibility of the case for the death penalty -- Aggravating evidence and the selection decision -- Selection process: mitigation -- Selection process: the life or death decision -- Direct appeals -- Postconviction proceedings: the writ of habeas corpus -- Ineffective assistance of counsel -- Innocence and the death penalty -- Clemency -- Death row issues: insanity and death row phenomenon -- Race and the death penalty -- Gender bias and the death penalty -- Volunteers: defendants who want to die -- International treaty rights in death penalty cases -- Future issues in capital punishment law.
650		0	_aCapital punishment _zUnited States. _2Local _968964
700	1		_aKreitzberg, Ellen. _2Local _9121573
830		0	_aUnderstanding series (New York, N.Y.)
999			_c200123 _d200123