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With both opponents and a significant number of proponents of the death penalty widely agreeing that the capital punishment system in the United States is almost irrevocably broken (to the extent that a number of pro-death penalty governors have recently banned the practice in their states), who is to blame for the failure to ensure that the most extreme sanction is reserved for the worst of the worst, for those that are truly \"most deserving of death?\" The United States Supreme Court, answers Williams (South Texas College of Law), as he reviews the numerous problems of capital punishment associated with issues related to ineffective representation, racial disparities, execution of innocents, mental illness, the drawn out procedures and appeals process, conflicts with international law, controversies over methods of execution, and the impossible requirement that judges remain morally neutral on the death penalty. In his conclusion, Williams chastises the nation's highest court for not adequately addressing racial disparities, epidemic inadequacy of counsel, inconsistent commands for the judicial sentencer, and procedural barriers that prevent federal courts from considering the m

Author

KENNETH WILLIAMS, by Kenneth Williams, Kenneth A Williams, Williams, Kenneth

Publisher

Ashgate Publishing Limited

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781317094067

Subjects

Law, Science