This death penalty Nutshell covers both the substantive and procedural law of capital cases, along with relevant history, jurisprudence and constitutional law. It addresses international issues, the complex role of defense counsel, systemic bias, and execution of the innocent. Statutory and case law, as well as all relevant data, are current as of mid-2016 providing a basis for broad exploration of academic and pragmatic issues for lawyers, law students and others interested in the law’s most serious punishment.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: Nutshells
Publication Date: 02/17/2017
Related Subject(s): Corrections And Sentencing

Victor Streib, Ohio Northern University College of Law

Sam Kamin, University of Denver College of Law

Justin Marceau, University of Denver College of Law

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While most of the major issues and concerns remain the same, a clear pattern of change is apparent in death penalty law and public policy. Fewer states have the death penalty on the books, even fewer capital offenders are being sentenced to death, and fewer yet are being executed. Current as of mid-2016, this title documents those changes in detail and points to major indicators of changes to come.

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