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ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE ULTIMATE PENAL SANCTION ON HOMICIDE SURVIVORS: A TWO STATE COMPARISON

By Marilyn Peterson Armour / Marquette Law Review, on 1 January 2012


2012

Academic report


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Numerous studies have examinedthe psychological sequelae thatresult from the murder of a loved one. Except for the death penalty,however, sparse attention has been paidto the impact of the murderer’ssentence on homicide survivors’ well-being. Given the steadfastness ofthe public’s opinion that the death penalty brings satisfaction and closureto survivors, it is surprising thatthere has been no systematic inquirydirectly with survivors about whether obtaining the ultimate punishmentaffects their healing. This Study used in-person interviews with arandomly selected sample of survivorsfrom four time periods to examinethe totality of the ultimate penal sanction (UPS) process and itslongitudinal impact on their lives. Moreover, it assessed the differentialeffect of two types of UPS by comparing survivors’ experiences in Texas,a death penalty state, and Minnesota, a life without the possibility ofparole (LWOP) state. Comparing states highlights differences primarilyduring the postconviction stage, specifically with respect to the appealsprocess and in regard to survivor well-being. In Minnesota, survivors ofadjudicated cases show higher levels of physical, psychological, andbehavioral health. This Study’s findings have implications for trialstrategy and policy development.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Murder Victims' Families,

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The Dark At the Top of the Stairs: Four Destructive Influences of Capital Punishment on American Criminal Justice

By David T. Johnson / Franklin Zimring / Social Science Research Network , on 1 January 2011


2011

Academic report


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Executionhas also (1) had a powerful negative influence on the substantive criminal law; (2) promoted the practice of using extreme penal sanctions as status rewards to crime victims and their families; (3) provided moral camouflage for a penalty of life imprisonment without possibility of parole, which is almost as brutal as state killing; and (4) diverted legal andjudicial resources from the scrutiny of other punishments and governmental practicesin an era of mass imprisonment. This chapter discusses these four latent impacts of attempts to revive and rationalize the death penalty in the United States.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Arbitrariness,

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Eight case sheets (covering China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Taiwan)

By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 1 January 2011


Academic report


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In compiling this report, a number of cases have been reviewed which clearly demonstrate the very real dangers of applying the death penalty. Eight case sheets: Leng Guoquan (China), Devender P. Singh (India), Humphrey Eleweke (Indonesia), Hakamada Iwao (Japan), Reza Shah (Malaysia), Aftab Bahadur (Pakistan), Yong Vui Kong (Singapore), Chiou Ho-shun (Taiwan)

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Networks,

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Lapan lembaran kes (meliputi China, India, Indonesia, Jepun, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapura, Taiwan)

By Amnesty International / Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network, on 1 January 2011


Academic report

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Abolition of the Death Penalty: China in World Perspective

By Roger Hood / City University of Hong Kong Law Review 1-21, on 1 January 2009


2009

Academic report


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This article outlines changes that the author has observed in the debate on the death penalty.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Trend Towards Abolition,

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The Death Penalty in China: Towards the Rule of Law

By Nicola Macbean / Ashgate Publishing, on 1 January 2008


2008

Academic report


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In the run up to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, intemational criticism of China’s human rights record has highlighted the use of the death penalty. Although global activists may try to intemationalise China’s use ofthe death penalty, capital punishment is a domestic issue.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Public debate, Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Country/Regional profiles,

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Stress and the Capital Jury: How Male and Female Jurors React to Serving on a Murder Trial

By Michael E. Antonio / National Center for State Courts , on 1 January 2008


Academic report


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Previous research findings gathered by the Capital Jury Project showed that many jurors whoserved on capital murder trials experienced significant stress and suffered extreme emotionalsetbacks. The present analysis extends these findings by focusing on gender-specific variationsin responses given by male and female jurors as revealed through extensive in-depth inter-views. Findings from structured questions and juror narrative accounts about psychologicaland physical suffering revealed that more females than males reported generalized fear, feltan overwhelming sense of loneliness or isolation, and experienced a significant loss of appetiteduring the trial. While male and female jurors both mentioned becoming emotionally upsetabout the crime-scene evidence and trial testimony, experienced sleeping problems, and start-ed using prescription drugs or illicit substances, these issues were discussed more often byfemales.

  • Document type Academic report
  • Themes list Women, Fair Trial, Arbitrariness,