The Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion
Title: The Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion Year: 1988 Author: Leigh B. Bienen, Neil Alan Weiner, Deborah W. Denno, Paul D. Allison, Douglas Lane Mills Publisher: Rutgers Law Review Issue: Volume 41, No. 27, pp. 27-342 Description: After Furman v. Georgia held that state statutes that allow for […]
The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study
Title: The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study Year: 1998 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Law and Contemporary Problems Issue: Volume 61, No. 4, pp. 193-217 Description: Bienen uses Illinois as a case study of injustice in capital cases. The quality of justice in the trial and appeal of capital […]
The Proportionality Review of Capital Cases By State High Courts after Gregg: Only “The Appearance of Justice”?
Title: The Proportionality Review of Capital Cases By State High Courts after Gregg: Only “The Appearance of Justice”? Year: 1996 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Issue: Volume 87, Issue 1, pp. 130-314 Description: Both the seriousness of the crime and the economic health of the county influence decisions to […]
Anomalies: Ritual and Language in Lethal Injection Regulations
Title: Anomalies: Ritual and Language in Lethal Injection Regulations Year: 2008 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Fordham Urban Law Journal Issue: Volume 35, No. 4 Description: The state lethal injection protocols do not regulate lethal injections, but instead describe hypothetical rituals meant to reassure the reader—whomever that might be—that a controlled and orderly process, in […]
What We Write About When We Write about the Death Penalty—A Review of Recent Books and Literature on Capital Punishment
Title: What We Write About When We Write about the Death Penalty—A Review of Recent Books and Literature on Capital Punishment Year: 1999 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Issue: Volume 89, No. 2, pp. 751-770 Description: These new books focusing on capital punishment issues come at a time when […]