Blume and Steiker's Death Penalty Stories (Stories Series)

by John H. Blume, Jordan M. Steiker, Jordan Steiker

This title offers rich and detailed accounts of the most important capital cases in American law. In addition to comprehensive coverage of the "canonical cases" such as Furman v. Georgia, Gregg v. Georgia, Penry v. Lynaugh, Payne v. Tennessee, and McCleskey v. Kemp, the volume also presents in-depth accounts of cases involving core capital issues, including:RepresentationProtections for the innocentProportionality limitsExecution methodsThe problem of "volunteers"The guarantee of heightened reliability

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1599413434
• ISBN13: 9781599413433
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Foundation Press
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.