Commentary: Pursuing Justice in Death Penalty Trials

The capital trial, by its nature, is fraught with emotionally disturbing elements that jurors must face when deciding the ultimate fate of a guilty defendant. A confluence of mitigating and aggravating factors influences a capital jury's decision to impose a sentence of death. The presence or a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 2012-01, Vol.40 (1), p.50-54
Hauptverfasser:	Watson, Clarence, Eth, Spencer, Leong, Gregory B
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Affect Awareness Capital Punishment - legislation & jurisprudence Criminal Law - legislation & jurisprudence Empathy Expert Testimony - legislation & jurisprudence Female Guilt Homicide - legislation & jurisprudence Homicide - psychology Humans Male Prisoners - legislation & jurisprudence Prisoners - psychology
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