Capital Punishment on Trial: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides--A Question of Justice?

Autor: Alvarez, Sofia Espinoza, Urbina, Martin Guevara
Zdroj: Criminal Law Bulletin; Mar/Apr2014, Vol. 50 Issue 2, p263-298, 35p
Abstrakt: The article focuses on the impact of race on capital punishment judgments in U.S. court cases. Topics include the number of Latinos executed in the U.S. between 1996 and 2013, the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia on capital punishment sentences, and the historic application of death penalty sentences on minorities in the U.S.
Databáze: Supplemental Index