True-life reporting on vicious criminals and the haphazard system
that punishes themIn 1969, the Supreme Court justices cast votes in
secret that could have signaled the end of the death penalty.
Later, the justices' resolve began to unravel. Why? What were the
consequences for the rule of law and for the life at stake in the
case? These are some of the fascinating questions answered in
Murder at the Supreme Court. Veteran journalists Martin Clancy and
Tim O'Brien not only pull back the curtain of secrecy that
surrounds Supreme Court deliberations but also reveal the crucial
links between landmark capital-punishment cases and the lethal
crimes at their root. The authors take readers to crime scenes,
holding cells, jury rooms, autopsy suites, and execution chambers
to provide true-life reporting on vicious criminals and the
haphazard judicial system that punishes them. The cases reported
are truly "the cases that made the law." They have defined the
parameters that judges must follow for a death sentence to stand up
on appeal. Beyond the obvious questions regarding the dubious
deterrent effect of capital punishment or whether retribution is
sufficient justification for the death penalty (regardless of the
heinous nature of the crimes committed), the cases and crimes
examined in this book raise other confounding issues: Is lethal
injection really more humane than other methods of execution?
Should a mentally ill killer be forcibly medicated to make him
"well enough" to be executed? How does the race of the perpetrator
or the victim influence sentencing? Is heinous rape a capital
crime? How young is too young to be executed?This in-depth yet
highly accessible book provides compelling human stories that
illuminate the thorny legal issues behind the most noteworthy
capital cases.
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