Litigating in the Shadow of Death
Litigating in the Shadow of Death

Author: Welsh S. White

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 047206911X

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An absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, Litigating in the Shadow of Death brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. Author Welsh White explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates

Publisher: American Bar Association

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9781590318737

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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Securing Reasonable Caseloads
Securing Reasonable Caseloads

Author: Norman Lefstein

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780615543765

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For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.

ABA Standards for Criminal Justice
ABA Standards for Criminal Justice

Author: American Bar Association

Publisher:

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 9781570737138

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"Project of the American Bar Association, Criminal Justice Standards Committee, Criminal Justice Section"--T.p. verso.

End of Its Rope
End of Its Rope

Author: Brandon Garrett

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2017-09-25

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0674970993

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An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy

Report
Report

Author: United States. Congress Senate

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 2630

ISBN-13:

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Beyond Repair?
Beyond Repair?

Author: Stephen P. Garvey

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780822330431

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Can the death penalty be administered in a just way - without executing the innocent, without regard to race, and without arbitrariness? All new, the essays in this collection focus on the period since 1976.

The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections
The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections

Author: Joan Petersilia

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 777

ISBN-13: 0190241446

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This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.