The Eighth Amendment and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel in Capital Trials

1994 ◽  
Vol 107 (8) ◽  
pp. 1923 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Capital Trials ◽  
Eighth Amendment

scholarly journals An Argument for the Admissibility of Execution Impact Evidence in Pennsylvania

2005 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige H. Forster
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
United States Supreme Court ◽  
The United States ◽  
United States Supreme ◽  
Capital Trials ◽  
Eighth Amendment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Penalty Phase

In 1991, the United States Supreme Court made a significant change to sentencing proceedings during capital trials. The Court ruled in Payne v. Tennessee that the Eighth Amendment does not prohibit “victim impact evidence,” testimony about the character of the murder victim and the impact of the death on the victim’s family. The Payne decision permits highly emotional testimony from family members to enter into the penalty phase of a death penalty trial.

Relationship Between Aggressive Authoritarianism and Juror Bias in Capital Trials

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley K. Christiansen ◽  
Charles Honts ◽  
Lacey Oldemeyer
Keyword(s):  
Juror Bias ◽  
Capital Trials

Educated Mock-Jurors Evaluating Defendant Substance Abuse Evidence in Capital Trials

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tess M. S. Neal ◽  
Desiree Adams Griffin ◽  
Stanley L. Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Mock Jurors ◽  
Capital Trials

Speaking of Death: Narratives of Violence in Capital Trials

1993 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Austin Sarat
Keyword(s):  
Capital Trials
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