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1. criminal-justice.iresearchnet.com › criminalThe Death Penalty: Debate and Procedures - iResearchNet

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   The moral and ethical dimensions of the death penalty form a central battleground in the ongoing debate. Proponents argue that capital punishment serves as a just response to heinous crimes, offering retribution and closure to victims’ families.

2. www.law.georgetown.edu › american-criminal-lawAdequate Representation: The Difference Between Life and Death

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   Given the importance of mitigation evidence and the broad range of potential mitigating evidence available, capital defense attorneys should always present some mitigation evidence. The consequence of not doing so—the death penalty—mandates some effort by defense attorneys at the mitigation stage.

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3. deathpenaltyinfo.org › victim-impact-evidenceVictim Impact Evidence | Death Penalty Information Center

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   Victim Impact Evidence. Some forms of victim-impact evidence may be presented during the penalty phase of a death-penalty trial, usually limited to testimony by victim’s family members describing how the crime has affected their lives.

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   Sep 20, 2021 · But to justify capital punishment, the retribution must be meted out fairly, and that is clearly not the case. In only 1% of murders do prosecutors seek the death penalty. Whether you receive the death penalty depends not on what you have done, but where you committed your crime, what colour your skin is, and how much money you have.” Apr. 16 ...

5. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsScience and the Death Penalty: DNA, Innocence, and the Debate ...

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   We push this concern further, suggesting that both abolitionists and death penalty reformers, who seek to promote a “scientific” death penalty centered on DNA evidence, draw upon a mythologized notion of “science” as a producer of epistemic certainty.

   • Author: Jay D. Aronson, Simon A. Cole

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   Jul 19, 2023 · The landmark Breyer–Ginsburg opinion embodies modern American abolitionism. Its approach reflects the now-popular notion that the death penalty system is irremediably “broken.” 4 It is fundamentally a practical argument—executing people “does not work.”.

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   What are the moral and ethical dimensions of the death penalty?

   • The moral and ethical dimensions of the death penalty form a central battleground in the ongoing debate. Proponents argue that capital punishment serves as a just response to heinous crimes, offering retribution and closure to victims’ families.

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   Is death penalty representation a crisis?

   • The system of death penalty representation has been at the crisis stage for years. As retired Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. said in 1994 at the University of Notre Dame: The case reporters and academic literature are filled with countless accounts of inadequate legal representation in capital cases, both at trial and sentencing phases… .

   With Justice for Few: The Growing Crisis in Death Penalty

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   What is victim-impact evidence in a death-penalty trial?

   • Some forms of victim-impact evidence may be presented during the penalty phase of a death-penalty trial, usually limited to testimony by victim’s family members describing how the crime has affected their lives.

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   Is the death penalty a symbol of toughness against crime?

   • Politicians, from prosecutors to presidents, seize upon the death penalty as their symbol of toughness against crime. Therefore, it is not surprising that the appointment of counsel in capital cases is steeped in politics as well. As Stephen Bright wrote recently in The Yale Law Journal, those on death row are not a powerful constituency:

   With Justice for Few: The Growing Crisis in Death Penalty

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   Oct 1, 1995 · As it stands now, representation in death penalty cases is an affront to our commitment to equal justice for all. Unless we renew our commitment to the right to counsel in a way which recognizes the gravity and complexity of death penalty cases, things will continue to get steadily worse.