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- Title
Tracking Capital Homicide Cases in Jefferson County, KY 2000-2010.
- Authors
Vito, Gennaro; Higgins, George; Vito, Anthony
- Abstract
In 1998, Kentucky's adopted the Racial Justice Act (RJA). The key sponsor of the law, Kentucky Senator Gerald Neal asserted that it was not a result of whether you were for or against the death penalty but 'whether the death penalty should be subject to the same standards of nondiscrimination as any other institution in our state.' However, one noted negative effect of the RJA is that prosecutors have adopted policies to seek the death penalty in every eligible case, rather than making this decision on a case-by-case basis. This study examines the outcome of such policies in Jefferson County, Kentucky from 2000 to 2010.
- Subjects
JEFFERSON County (Ky.); HOMICIDE; CRIMINAL law; CAPITAL punishment sentencing; NONDISCRIMINATION principle (International law); JUSTICE; DECISION making
- Publication
American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014, Vol 39, Issue 2, p331
- ISSN
1066-2316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12103-013-9209-3