Murder and Its Consequences: Essays on Capital Punishment in America
Title: Murder and Its Consequences: Essays on Capital Punishment in America Year: 2011 Author: Leigh Buchanan Bienen Publisher: Northwestern University Press Description: The essays in Murder and Its Consequences span several periods in the history of capital punishment in America and the professional career of Leigh Bienen, a leading researcher on the death penalty. “A Good Murder” describes […]
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 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 […]