Thesis
Fatal distraction: does the Texas capital sentencing statute discourage the consideration of mitigating evidence?
- Abstract:
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Whether the capital sentencing statute in Texas provides a vehicle for jurors to give effect to mitigation evidence has been a critical factor when the United States Supreme Court has sought to determine its constitutionality. Unlike the majority of other American jurisdictions which maintain capital punishment as a penalty, Texas utilizes a particularly unique scheme which places an assessment of the defendant’s dangerousness at the center of the sentencing decision. Using data gathered from...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2011
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:6235
- Deposit date:
- 2012-05-16
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- Copyright holder:
- Vartkessian, E
- Copyright date:
- 2011
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