DEATH PENALTY

• NCJ Number: 37172
• Journal: NLADA Briefcase Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Dated: (OCTOBER 1976) Pages: 1-9
• Author(s): R R ROGERS
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: National Legal Aid and Defender Assoc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SUPREME COURT DECISIONS AFFECTING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY FROM 1958 TO 1976.

Abstract

A STUDY OF THE CASES TRACES THE TREND OF THE COURT TOWARDS ABOLITION BEGINNING WITH WITHERSPOON V ILLINOIS (1968) AND THE ABRUPT ENDING OF THAT TREND WITH THE DECISION OF GREGG V GEORGIA (1976). (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)