Capital Punishment And the Judicial Process

This new edition updates and expands the second. With the media's attention continually focused on capital punishment cases, the death penalty remains a lightning-rod issue. Coyne and Entzeroth concentrate on Eighth Amendment and capital punishment issues and include a discussion of post-conviction and federal habeas corpus issues. It includes consideration of all major Supreme Court cases interpreting the new law, and discusses recent developments in the field, including an expanded focus on innocence and the American Bar Association's call for a moratorium on executions. "The authors have provided a comprehensive text on the subject and filled a major void in this area. Moreover, as their 1996-97 supplement indicates, they intend to continue to provide their readers with the most current and complete materials regarding capital punishment. They deserve thanks and congratulations for all of us who are interested in this area of the law." - Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice review of the first edition

The great debate over capital punishment	p. 3
Eighth amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishment	p. 59
Early Constitutional challenges to the death penalty	p. 143
Race, gender, and sexual orientation	p. 197
Constitutional limitations on death eligibility	p. 251
Selecting the capital jury	p. 335
The role of aggravating circumstances	p. 389
The role of mitigating circumstances	p. 451
The sentencing phase of capital cases	p. 515
Use of psychiatric experts in capital cases	p. 603
Assistance of counsel	p. 631
Stays of execution and state post-conviction relief proceedings	p. 715
Introduction to federal habeas corpus review	p. 755
State barriers to federal habeas review	p. 807
Retroactivity	p. 869
Presumption of correctness	p. 899
Successive habeas corpus petitions, abuse of the writ, and clemency	p. 911
The federal death penalty	p. 947
International law and the death penalty	p. 1033
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