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Mandatory Justice: Eighteen Reforms to the Death Penalty. Pre-Publication Version
Publication year:
2001
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: Recommendations for "urgently needed" reforms in the death penalty system are presented. Recommendations are organized into eight areas: effective counsel; prohibiting execution in cases involving questionable categories of defendants and homicides; expanding and explaining life without parole (LWOP); safeguarding racial fairness; proportional review; protection against wrongful conviction and sentence; duty of judge and role of jury; and role of prosecutors. Each thematic area includes a summary, introduction, commentary, and list of sources.