Race and the death penalty : the legacy of McCleskey v. Kemp / David P. Keys and R.J. Maratea.

In what has been called the Dred Scott decision of our times, the US Supreme Court found in McCleskey v. Kemp that evidence of overwhelming racial disparities in the capital punishment process could not be admitted in individual capital cases-in effect institutionalizing a racially unequal system of...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Keys, David P., Maratea, R. J., 1973-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2016.
Subjects:	Capital punishment > United States. Discrimination in capital punishment > United States. Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States. Capital punishment. Discrimination in capital punishment. Discrimination in criminal justice administration. United States. Case studies.