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DOCUMENTARY AND REFERENCE GUIDES: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Readers&#x0027; Guide to Related Documents and Sidebars.
Preface.
Introduction.
Early History of the Death Penalty.
1: John Stuart Mill Defends Capital Punishment.
2: Supreme Court Finds Death by Shooting Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
3: Supreme Court Rules Electrocution Is Not Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
4: Supreme Court Approves Death by Hanging.
5: Supreme Court Fails to Find Racial Discrimination in Mississippi All-White Juries.
6: Supreme Court Rejects Death Row Inmate&#x0027;s Due Process Challenge.
Rising Usage of&#x2014;and Opposition to&#x2014;The Death Penalty.
7: Supreme Court Rejects Pink Franklin&#x0027;s Constitutional Challenges to Jim Crow Law.
8: Supreme Court Rules Criminal Defendants Have the Constitutional Right to Counsel.
9: Supreme Court Confirms Constitutional Protections for Suspects in Capital Crimes.
10: Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence on Perjury Grounds.
11: Justice Goldberg Issues Dissent Questioning the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty.
12: Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence on &#x201C;Knowing Waiver of Rights&#x201D; Grounds.
The Supreme Court Abolishes&#x2014;and Subsequently Reinstates&#x2014;Capital Punishment.
13: Justice Stewart Questions Arbitrary Quality of Death Penalty Sentences.
14: President Nixon Reaffirms Support for the Death Penalty.
15: Supreme Court Finds Death Penalty Constitutional Four Years after Furman.
16: Supreme Court Allows Convicted Murderer to Pursue His Own Death via Capital Punishment.
17: Supreme Court Rules Defendant Convicted of Rape Cannot Be Executed.
18: Supreme Court Invalidates Ohio&#x0027;s Death Penalty Law on &#x201C;Mitigating Evidence&#x201D; Grounds.
19: Supreme Court Strikes Down Death Sentence of 16-Year-Old on Mitigating Evidence Grounds.
20: Supreme Court Sets Standard for Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claims in Death Penalty Cases.
21: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence despite Improper Prosecutorial Conduct.
22: Supreme Court Rules the Insane Cannot Be Executed.
23: Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence despite Evidence of Racial Discrimination in Capital Punishment Sentencing.
24: One Death Row Inmate Can&#x0027;t Appeal on Behalf of Another Death Row Inmate, Supreme Court Finds.
Victims&#x0027; Rights, Moratoriums, and Other Issues.
25: Supreme Court Rules Victim Impact Evidence Is Permissible in Sentencing Phase of Death Penalty Case.
26: Law Professor Testifies in Support of the Death Penalty.
27: The Subject of the Death Row Documentary Thin Blue Line Tells His Story to Congress.
28: Justice Blackmun Reverses Course, Says Capital Punishment Is Unconstitutional.
29: American Bar Association Calls for a Moratorium on the Death Penalty.
30: Televangelist Pat Robertson Calls for &#x201C;Justice Tempered with Mercy&#x201D;.
31: President Clinton Issues a Stay of Execution, Citing Racial Disparities in Capital Punishment Cases.
32: Legal Expert Tells Congress the Federal Death Penalty System Is Discriminatory.
The Capital Punishment Debate Intensifies as Courts Narrow Its Application.
33: Supreme Court Rules Intellectually Disabled Defendants Cannot Be Executed.
34: Attorney Barry Scheck Calls for More DNA Testing in Death Penalty Cases.
35: Illinois Governor Ryan Commutes Sentences of Death Row Inmates to Life in Prison.
36: Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence, Citing Prosecutor&#x0027;s Racially Discriminatory Use of Jury Strikes.
37: Supreme Court Rules Those Who Commit Murder as Juveniles Cannot Be Executed.
38: Opponent of Death Penalty Discusses Cultural Aspects of Capital Punishment.
39: Legal Scholar John McAdams Testifies in Support of Capital Punishment.
40: Heritage Foundation Analyst Testifies in Support of Death Penalty.
41: Activist Bryan Stevenson Shines Light on Legal Representation Issues in Death Penalty Cases.
42: Supreme Court Rules Child Rape Not a Capital Offense.
43: Justice John Paul Stevens Says Long Delays in Carrying Out Executions Are Cruel.
Contemporary Capital Punishment Issues.
44: Catholic Theologians Sign Statement Against the Death Penalty.
45: Former Death Row Inmate Testifies before Congress about His Experiences.
46: Governor Inslee Issues Moratorium on Death Penalty in Washington State.
47: Supreme Court Orders New Trial for Death Row Inmate Who Received Ineffective Legal Counsel.
48: Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida Death Penalty Law Permitting Execution of Defendants with Intellectual Disabilities.
49: Justice Breyer Questions Constitutionality of Death Penalty in Landmark Dissent.
50: Justice Breyer Criticizes Geographic Disparities and Long Delays in Death Penalty Cases.
51: Governor Newsom Issues Executive Order Ending Capital Punishment in California.
52: Supreme Court Rejects Missouri Inmate&#x0027;s Claim That Lethal Injection Violates the Eighth Amendment.
53: Innocence Project Policy Director Urges Abolition of the Death Penalty.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.

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