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- Title
WHEN LIGHTNING STRIKES BACK: SOUTH CAROLINA'S RETURN TO THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL, STANDARDLESS CAPITAL SENTENCING REGIME OF THE PREFURMAN ERA.
- Authors
Blume, John H.; Johnson, Sheri L.; Paavola, Emily C.; Weyble, Keir M.
- Abstract
The article discusses the transformation of death penalty law in South Carolina. It offers an overview of the legislative and judicial development of the capital sentencing statute in the state. It explores the failure of the state's Supreme Court to comply with its statutory and constitutional responsibility to execute meaningful proportionality review.
- Subjects
SOUTH Carolina; CAPITAL punishment; STATUTES; CONSTITUTIONAL amendments; SOUTH Carolina. Supreme Court; OBLIGATIONS (Law); CRIMINAL justice system
- Publication
Charleston Law Review, 2010, Vol 4, Issue 3, p479
- ISSN
1934-4473
- Publication type
Article