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- Title
Racial Threat Versus Racial Empathy in Sentencing--Capital and Otherwise.
- Authors
Taslitz, Andrew E.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the U.S. court case Apprendi v. New Jersey, which held that juries must use evidentiary information in sentencing determination. Topics include the application of mandatory minimum sentences, the racial disparity in the application of death penalty sentences, and discretion in sentencing in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; APPRENDI v. New Jersey (Supreme Court case); JURY; CRIMINAL sentencing laws; CRIMINAL sentencing; CAPITAL punishment; CRIMINAL justice system; JURY decision making -- Social aspects; BIAS (Law); JURY selection; CAPITAL punishment laws; LAW
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Law, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0092-2315
- Publication type
Article