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9780761807131

Society's Final Solution A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty

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  • ISBN13:

    9780761807131

  • ISBN10:

    0761807136

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-08-29
  • Publisher: UPA
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Summary

This book offers an in-depth examination of the historical perspective on the death penalty, discusses the process involved in the sentencing and administration of justice, and clarifies facets of an issue which is riddled with inequities and ambiguities that reflect gender bias, and racial and economic disparity. For example, of the 3028 people on 'death row' as of August 1995, only 15% were women. Of those who are on 'death row' today, virtually all are poor, a significant number are mentally retarded or otherwise mentally disabled, more than 40% are African-American, and a disproportionate number are Native American, Latino and Asian. These facts need to be carefully weighed against the grief, pain, and anguish caused by the untimely death of a murder victim with regard to the family members, as well as the related legal costs to society.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix(2)
Preface xi(2)
Acknowledgments xiii(2)
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 History of the Death Penalty Law-Related Education Coordinator Oklahoma State Bar Association
1(12)
Michael H. Reggio
Chapter 2 Administration of the Death Penalty Through the Courts: A Defense Attorney's Perspective
13(12)
Kevin J. O'Connell, Esquire
Chapter 3 Great Ideas in the Law: Due Process of Law Professor Emeritus Queens College, New York
25(18)
Isidore Starr
Chapter 4 A Judge's View of the Death Penalty
43(4)
Judge Richard S. Gebelein Delaware Superior Court
Chapter 5 The Role of a Prosecutor in a Death Penalty Case
47(8)
Steven P. Wood, Esquire Delaware Deputy Attorney General
Chapter 6 Silent Voices: If Only These Murdered Women Could Speak -- A Perspective of the Death Penalty
55(4)
Colonel Thomas P. Gordon New Castle County Police Department
Chapter 7 Tracking a Death Penalty Case
59(6)
Jim Courtney Bureau Chief WBOC TV-16
Chapter 8 Racists Beliefs & Organizational Affiliation: Can They Be Taken into Account in a Capital-Sentencing Proceeding?
65(8)
L. Anita Richardson, Esquire American Bar Association
Chapter 9 What I Will Not Tell You About the Death Penalty
73(4)
Horacio D. Lewis Education Associate Delaware Department of Public Instruction
Chapter 10 Do Defendants Have the Right to Ask Prospective Jurors if They Would Automatically Impose the Death Penalty?
77(8)
L. Anita Richardson, Esquire American Bar Association
Chapter 11 Life or Death
85(4)
Clifford Callaway Sussex County Institution Inmate State of Delaware
Chapter 12 A Family's Support of the Death Penalty
89(6)
Holly Wilson Family Member
Chapter 13 Innocence and the Death Penalty: Assessing the Danger of Mistaken Executions
95(22)
Staff Report issued on October 21, 1993 by the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights Committee on the Judiciary One Hundred Third Congress, First Session
Chapter 14 The Stars Fall on Texas
117(4)
Ginny Carroll Newsweek Magazine
Chapter 15 Capital Murder: The Trial and Appeal Process in Delaware
121(8)
Joseph M. Asher, Esquire Andrew McK. Jefferson, Esquire
Chapter 16 Board of Pardons: The Final Verdict
129(4)
R. Thomas Wagner Auditor of Accounts State of Delaware
Chapter 17 Sentencing for Life: Americans Embrace Alternatives to the Death Penalty
133(20)
Richard C. Dieter Executive Director Death Penalty Information Center
Chapter 18 Millions Misspent: What Politicians Don't Say About the High Costs of the Death Penalty
153(26)
Richard C. Dieter Executive Director Death Penalty Information Center
Chapter 19 The Death Penalty and Justice Blackmun
179(22)
David J. W. Vanderhoof Assistant Professor Criminal Justice Pembroke State University
Chapter 20 Hanging, Twisting in the Wind: Justice Thurgood Marshall, Lynching and the Death Penalty
201(10)
David J. W. Vanderhoof Assistant Professor Criminal Justice Pembroke State University
Chapter 21 Capital Punishment and Offenders with Mental Retardation
211(14)
Emily A. Reed
Endnotes 225(24)
About the Authors 249(4)
Index 253

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