The American Death Penalty
Wendy Lyn Watson (University of North Texas, Department of Political Science)
1 Eighth Amendment Principles
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Eighth Amendment Principles
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The American Death Penalty
Wendy Lyn Watson
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Table of contents
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Eighth Amendment Principles
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Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
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Challenges to the Death Penalty
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Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
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Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
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Capital Crimes
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Coker v. Georgia, 433 U.S. 584 (1977)
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Kennedy v. Louisiana, 128 S.Ct. 2641 (2008)
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Tison v. Arizona, 481 U.S. 137 (1987)
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Aggravating and Mitigating Factors
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Lockett v. Ohio, 438 U.S. 586 (1978)
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Jurek v. Texas, 428 U.S. 262 (1976)
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McKoy v. North Carolina, 494 U.S. 433 (1990)
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Kansas v. Marsh, 548 U.S. 163 (2006)
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Capital Juries
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Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968)
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Turner v. Murray, 476 U.S. 28 (1986)
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Uttecht v. Brown, 551 U.S. 1 (2007)
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Eligibility for Execution
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Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002)
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Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
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Ford v. Wainwright, 477 U.S. 399 (1986)
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Panetti v. Quarterman, 551 U.S. 930 (2007)
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Methods of Execution
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Baze v. Rees, 553 U.S. 35 (2008)
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Glossip v. Gross (https://www.oyez.org/cases/2014/14-7955)
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Appeals and Injustice
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Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
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Additional Sources of Error
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Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
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Williams v. Taylor, 529 U.S. 362 (2000)
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Race and the Death Penalty
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McKleskey v. Kemp, 481 U.S. 279 (1987)